IBM System x3650 M3 4255 Service Guide

1. Connect the power and signal cables to the replacement backplane (see
“Internal cable routing and connectors” on page 172).
2. Align the backplane with the backplane slot in the chassis and the small slots
on top of the hard disk drive cage.
3. Lower the backplane into the slots on the chassis.
4. Rotate the top of the backplane until the front tab clicks into place into the
latches on the chassis.
5. Insert the hard disk drives and the fillers the rest of the way into the bays.
6. Replace the fan bracket and fans if you removed them (see “Installing the fan
bracket” on page 184 and “Installing a hot-swap fan” on page 224).
7. Install the cover (see “Installing the cover” on page 178).
8. Slide the server into the rack.
9. Reconnect the external cables; then, reconnect the power cords and turn on the
peripheral devices and the server.
Removing the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate
To remove the simple-swap hard disk drive backplate, complete the following steps.
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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