Hard disk drive
activity LED (green)
Hard disk drive
status LED (amber)
Drive bay 0
Drive bay 2
Drive bay 1
Drive bay 3
Drive bay 4
Drive bay 6
Drive bay 5
Drive bay 7
Figure 1. Front view: 2.5-inch model
On server models with an optional optical drive bay, the servers support up to four 2.5-inch simple-swap
SATA or hot-swap SAS/SATA hard disk drives.
Video
connector
USB 1
connector
Operator
information
panel
Drive bay 0 Drive bay 2
Drive bay 1
Drive bay 3
Rack
release
latch
Rack
release
latch
Hard disk drive
activity LED (green)
Hard disk drive
status LED (amber)
Optional
optical drive
eject button
Optional
optical drive
activity LED
Power-control
button and LED
Operator information
panel release latch
USB 2
connector
Optional
drive bay
Figure 2. Front view: 2.5-inch model with optical drive bay
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from the IBM Web site. The
server might have features that are not described in the documentation that comes with the server, and the
documentation might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or technical
updates might be available to provide additional information that is not included in the server documentation.
To check for updates, go to
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/
.
Record information about the server in the following table.
Product name
Lenovo System x3550 M3 server
Machine type
4254 or 7944
Model number
_____________________________________________
Serial number
_____________________________________________
The model number and serial number are on the ID label on the front of the server, as shown in the following
illustration.
Note:
The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
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