IBM System x3650 M3 4255 Service Guide

v Tape-enabled server model
1. Press down on the assembly release latch and lift up on the tab to release
the SAS controller assembly, which includes the SAS riser card, from the
system board.
2. Lift the front and back edges of the assembly to remove the assembly from
the server.
Installing the SAS riser-card and controller assembly
To install the SAS riser-card and controller assembly in the server, complete the
steps for the applicable server model.
v 16-drive-capable server model
1. If you are replacing a ServeRAID-BR10il v2 SAS/SATA controller with a
ServeRAID-M5015/M5014 SAS/SATA controller, you have to swap the
controller retention brackets to fit the new SAS controller.
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IBM System x3650 M3 4255 Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U Rack
Chipset	Intel 5520
Max Processors	2
Processor	Intel Xeon 5600 series
Memory	Up to 192GB DDR3
Network Interface	Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet
Hard Drive Bays	Up to 16 x 2.5" or 6 x 3.5"
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Memory Slots	18 DIMM slots
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware