Datasheet

System x3550 M5 17
Internal storage
The System x3550 M5 server supports the following internal drive bay configurations:
4x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 8x 2.5-inch
1.
SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays
10x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 12x 2.5-inch
2.
SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bays (10x front drive bays and 2x rear drive bays)
4x 2.5-inch SATA Simple Swap drive bay server models that can be upgraded to 8x 2.5-inch SATA
3.
Simple Swap drive bays
4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hot-swap drive bay server models
4.
4x 3.5-inch SATA Simple Swap drive bay server models
5.
The following figure shows some of these configurations.
Figure 5. Internal drive configurations
Optical drive support: Four- and eight-drive bay models of the x3550 M5 support an optional internal
optical drive.