IBM x3100 M5 Type 5457 User Manual

10. Remove the screws that secure the SAS/SATA hard disk drive backplane to
the drive cage.
Note:
v A total of four screws need to be removed for backplanes that support 2.5"
hot swap hard disk drives.
v A total of two screws need to be removed for backplanes that support 3.5"
hot swap hard disk drives.
The following illustration is for 5U server models with 2.5" hot swap hard
disk drives installed.
Signal cable
Configuration cable
Power cable
Figure 151. 3.5" hot swap hard disk drive backplane cabling removal for 5U server model
with hot-swap power supplies
Screws
Figure 152. 2.5" hot swap hard disk drive backplane screw removal for 5U server model with
hot-swap power supplies
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IBM x3100 M5 Type 5457 Specifications

General

Memory	Up to 32 GB
Form Factor	Tower
Chipset	Intel C222
Processor	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 series, Intel Core i3 series, Intel Pentium series
Memory Type	DDR3 ECC
Memory Slots	4 DIMM slots
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 10
Network	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Storage Bays	4 x 3.5-inch
Operating System Support	Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware
Expansion Slots	1 PCIe 3.0 x8