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IBM x3550 - System - 7978 User Manual

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4. To remove the air baffle near the center of the server, complete the following
steps:
Baffle pins
Air baffle
Cable routing slot
Baffle mounting
holes
a. Slide the baffle back from the front of the server to disengage the tab at the
front of the baffle from the bulkhead that runs the width of the server.
b. Lift the baffle up slightly, making sure that the pins come out of the holes on
the system board.
c. Slide the cables out of the cable routing slot. Make sure that you do not
disconnect or loosen the cables.
d. Lift the baffle out completely.
Attention: For proper cooling and airflow, replace the air baffle before you turn
on the server. Operating the server with the air baffle removed might damage
server components.
Installing a hard disk drive
Locate the documentation that comes with the hard disk drive and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter.
Note: Do not mix SAS hard disk drives with SATA hard disk drives.
The following notes describe the type of hard disk drives that the server supports
and other information that you must consider when installing a hard disk drive. For
a list of supported hard disk drives, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/
serverproven/compat/us/.
The server supports one of the following hard disk drive configurations:
v Servers with four hot-swap bays support 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS hard disk drives.
You can install only 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives in these servers.
v Servers with two hot-swap bays support 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or 3.5-inch
hot-swap SATA hard disk drives. You can install only 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS or
hot-swap SATA drives in these servers.
Chapter 2. Installing options 13

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IBM x3550 - System - 7978 Specifications

General IconGeneral
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Processor SpeedUp to 3.0 GHz
Number of Processors1 or 2
ChipsetIntel 5000P
MemoryUp to 32 GB DDR2
StorageSAS or SATA
Drive BaysUp to 6
Network InterfaceDual Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply670W or 835W redundant power supplies
Operating System SupportWindows Server, Linux, VMware

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