IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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4.10 PCIe slots
The x3690 X5 provides five PCIe 2.0 slots for add-in cards. Figure 4-44 shows the location of
the slots as viewed from the rear of the server.
Figure 4-44 x3690 X5 PCIe slots
These slots are connected to the planar through two riser cards, both of which are installed as
standard. Figure 4-45 on page 164 shows the locations of the two riser cards in the server.
Figure 4-45 Location of the PCIe riser cards in the server
DVD-ROM: The DVD-ROM drive uses the same connector on the system board as the
single SATA drive; therefore, the DVD-ROM drive cannot be installed when using the SATA
drive.
PCI
slot 1
PCI
slot 2
PCI
slot 3
PCI
slot 4
PCI
slot 5
Adapters
PCIe riser 1
with slots 1 and 2
PCIe riser 2
with slots 3,
4 and 5
PCI slots on planar

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 10 cores per processor
Chipset	Intel 7500
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 series, Intel Xeon E7-8800 series
Memory Slots	64 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Form Factor	4U Rack