IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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Figure 6-59 Installing ESXi 4.1 Installable edition
9. Add the following line after vmkboot.gz:
allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE
Ensure that you leave a space at the beginning and the end of the text that you enter (as
shown in Figure 6-60); otherwise, the command will fail to execute at a later stage during
the installation. Press Enter to proceed after the line has been edited correctly.
Figure 6-60 Editing the boot load command
10.Complete the ESXi installation and reboot when prompted. Ensure that you remove the
media or unmount the installation image before the system restarts.
11.In the Loading VMware Hypervisor panel, press Shift+O when the progress bar is
displayed, as shown in Figure 6-61 on page 280.
VMware VMvisor Boot Menu
ESXi Installer
Boot from local disk
Press [Tab] to edit options
Automatic boot in 4 seconds...
VMware VMvisor Boot Menu
ESXi Installer
Boot from local disk
> mboot.c32 vmkboot.gz allowInterlea
vedNUMAnodes=TRUE --- vmkernel.gz --- sys.vg
z --- cim.vgz --- ienviron.vgz --- install.vgz

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