IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 6. IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 277
9. The Boot Options line will appear on the panel. Type the following parameter at the end of
the Boot Options line:
allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE
The edited result looks like Figure 6-55. Press Enter to proceed.
Figure 6-55 Editing the Boot Options
10.Proceed through the installer until you reach the Setup Type page. Click Advanced setup
and clear Configure bootloader automatically (leave checked if unsure) as shown in
Figure 6-56. Click Next.
Figure 6-56 Modifying the ESX installation

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 10 cores per processor
Chipset	Intel 7500
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 series, Intel Xeon E7-8800 series
Memory Slots	64 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Form Factor	4U Rack