IBM System x3850 X5 User Manual

12. Orient and install the new backplane into the backplane carrier.
a. Position the notch in the backplane over the bottom right of the carrier.
b. Position the holes in the backplane over the pins in the carrier.
c. Push the backplane into the carrier.
13. Connect the new SAS signal cable that came with the backplane to the new
backplane.
14. Connect the two unconnected power cables from the SAS power cable handle
to the new backplane. (Look at the cabling of the first backplane to make sure
that you cable the new backplane correctly.)
15. Slide the backplane carrier into place until it latches while you hold the SAS
power cable handle out of the way.
16. Install the SAS power cable handle into place straight down onto the
microprocessor board.
17. Connect the two SAS signal cables to the ServeRAID adapter. Connect the
cable from the bottom backplane to port 0 and the cable from the new top
backplane to port 1. The following graphics show the port numbers on the
ServeRAID adapters.
Port 1 Port 0
ServeRAID M5015 controller
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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