IBM System x3850 X5 User Manual

7. Remove the backplane filler from the backplane carrier.
a. Push the tabs on the backplane outward.
b. Pull the filler out of the backplane carrier.
8. Check the label on the cable handle to make sure you use the correct power
and configuration cable handle from the option kit. Connect the new power
and configuration cables from the power cable handle to the backplane in the
carrier. Use the shorter cables when connecting to the backplane in the bottom
position of the carrier.
9. Slide the backplane carrier into the server while lowering the power and
configuration cable handle into place.
10. Seat the power and configuration handle into the connector on microprocessor
board. Do not latch the backplane carrier fully into place yet.
11. Slide the eXFlash backplane assembly into the hard disk drive cage. Make sure
that the LEDs are on the left side.
Filler panel
12. Connect the power and configuration cables into the back of the eXFlash
backplane assembly.
13. Seat the backplane carrier into the fully latched position. If there are hard disk
drives in the bottom four bays, slide them back into place.
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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