IBM x3550 - System - 7978 User Manual

Major components of the server
The following illustration shows the major components in the server.
SATA backplate
SAS backplane
3.5-inch hard disk drive cage
3.5-inch SAS hard disk drive
Air baffle
3.5-inch SATA hard disk drive
3.5-inch filler panel
(simple-swap)
3.5-inch filler panel (hot-swap)
2.5-inch hard disk drive backplane
2.5-inch hard disk drive cage
2.5-inch
hard disk drive
2.5-inch
filler panel
(hot-swap)
Power
backplane
Operator information panel
CD-RW/DVD drive
Fans (3 - 6)
Fans (1, 2)
Power-supply filler
Power supply
System board
PCI-X riser card
ServeRAID
SAS controller
DIMM
Air baffle
Microprocessor
heatsink
Cover
PCI Express
riser card
Microprocessor
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
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IBM x3550 - System - 7978 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Xeon
Processor Speed	Up to 3.0 GHz
Number of Processors	1 or 2
Chipset	Intel 5000P
Memory	Up to 32 GB DDR2
Storage	SAS or SATA
Drive Bays	Up to 6
Network Interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply	670W or 835W redundant power supplies
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Linux, VMware