IBM System x3650 M5 User Manual

9. Connect the SAS signal and power/configuration cables to the system board.
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3.5-inch HDD simple-swap backplate
Plungers
Figure 247. 3.5-inch simple-swap backplate assembly/hot-swap hard disk drive backplane
SAS signal cable
Power / configuration
cable
Figure 248. 8x3.5-inch simple-swap hard disk drive with hardware RAID cabling
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IBM System x3650 M5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 22 cores per processor
Memory Slots	24 DIMM slots
Form Factor	2U rack server
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4
Memory	Up to 1.5 TB (24x 64 GB LRDIMMs)
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Network	4x 1 GbE ports standard, optional 10 GbE
Power Supply	Up to 2x redundant hot-swap 550W, 750W, or 900W power supplies
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware
Management	Integrated Management Module (IMM) v2.1
Storage	Up to 24 x 2.5" or 12 x 3.5" drives