Depending on the model, your server might look slightly different from the illustration in this topic.
Air baffle
Fan filler
Fan
Battery holder filler
Battery holder
Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap
backplane assembly
Four 2.5-inch hot-swap
backplane assembly
Four 3.5-inch hot-swap
backplane assembly
Four 2.5-inch simple-swap
backplate assembly
Four 3.5-inch simple-swap
backplate assembly
2.5-inch hard disk
drive filler
2.5-inch simple-swap
hard disk drive
2.5-inch hot-swap
hard disk drive
3.5-inch simple-swap
hard disk drive
3.5-inch hot-swap
hard disk drive
3.5-inch hard disk
drive filler
DVD drive
Figure 24. Server components
Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component to remove it from or install
it in the server, open or close a latch, and so on.
Orange on a component or an orange label on or near a component indicates that the component can be
hot-swapped, which means that if the server and operating system support hot-swap capability, you can
DVD drive
Media cage for
Advanced media
filler
ten 2.5-inch-drive
cage for eight
model
2.5-inch-drive
model
Cover
Standard media
Simple media
cage for eight
cage for eight
2.5-inch-drive
2.5-inch-drive
model
model
.
Chapter 1
The Lenovo System x3550 M5 server
Power supply
filler
Heat sink
Microprocessor
System board
Memory
1U PCIe Riser 2
assembly (2 x low
profile; x8 or x16)
1U PCIe Riser 1
assembly (1x low
profile; x16)
1U PCIe Riser 2
assembly (1x
full-height half-length
and 1x low profile; x8
or x16)
1U PCIe Riser 1
assembly
(1x ML2; x16)
Chassis
1U PCIe Riser 3
assembly
(1x low profile;
x8 or x16)
Rear 2.5-inch
hot-swap-drive kit
Rear 2.5-inch
hot-swap
backplane
assembly
Media cage
LCD system
information
for four
display panel
3.5-inch-drive
model
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