IBM x3550 User Manual

Installing the power-supply backplane
To install the power-supply backplane, complete the following steps.
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and “Installation guidelines”
on page 39.
2. Align the keyhole slots in the power-supply backplane with the mounting pins in
the server.
3. Slide the power-supply backplane toward the right side of the server until the
edge-connectors are fully connected.
4. Reconnect the cables to the power supply backplane.
5. Install the power supplies into the power-supply bays (see “Installing a power
supply” on page 65).
6. Install the cover (see “Installing the cover” on page 42).
7. Slide the server into the rack.
8. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that were removed.
9. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.
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IBM x3550 Specifications

General

Processor Type	Intel Xeon
Chipset	Intel 5000P
Number of Processors Supported	2
Network Interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Maximum Internal Storage	2.4 TB
Storage	Up to six 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hot-swap hard disk drives
Drive Bays	6
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1
Power Supply	670W or 835W
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESX
Memory	PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs (DDR2-667) or PC2-4200 Fully Buffered DIMMs (DDR2-533)