The server supports up to 24 drives, using the supported drive backplane
configurations. It supports 2.5-inch hot-swap Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or SATA
hard disk drives, 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS or SATA solid state drives (SSD), or
1.8-inch hot-swap solid state drives. See “Supported SAS/SATA drive backplane
configurations” on page 62 for a complete list of the supported configurations. The
illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
The following illustration shows the front of the server.
Rack
release
latch
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Drive bays
Video
connector
USB 1
connector
USB 2
connector
Operator information
panel release latch
Rack
release
latch
Operator
information
panel
Power-on
button
and LED
Optical drive
activity LED
Optical drive
eject button
Drive activity
LED (green)
Drive status
LED (amber)
Scalability
LED
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
IBM System x3690 X5 server
Machine type
7147, 7148, 7149, or 7192
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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