IBM x3550 User Manual

System-board internal connectors
The following illustration shows the internal connectors on the system board.
CD-RW/DVD connector
Operator information
panel connector
USB front panel
connector
(USB3 and USB4)
Video front panel
connector
SAS signal
connector (J65)
(some models)
SATA 1 signal
connector (port 1)
(some models)
SATA 0 signal
connector (port 0)
(some models)
Microprocessor 1
connector
Power supply
backplane
connector
Power backplane card internal connectors
The following illustration shows the internal connectors on the power backplane
card.
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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)