IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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Figure 6-65 Editing the VMkernel settings in vSphere Client
Attaching MAX5 to an existing VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 installation
Next, we add the MAX5 Memory option to an existing VMware ESX/ESXi installation on the
x3850 X5. Perform these actions:
1. To successfully scale an x3850 X5 with MAX5, see 6.4, “Attaching the MAX5 memory
expansion unit” on page 230.
2. Systems running VMware ESX/ESXi Server must use Non-Pooled mode in the MAX5
Memory Scaling option. See “1-node with MAX5” on page 261 for instructions to configure
the MAX5 Memory Scaling option.
3. Use the following procedures to change your ESX/ESXi 4.1 installation:
– “ESX installation”
– “ESXi installation” on page 285
ESX installation
Use the following steps to change your ESX 4.1 installation:
1. Use the vSphere Client to connect to the system.
2. Select the Configuration tab of the host and click Advanced Settings under the
Software panel.
3. Click VMkernel in the left pane and select
VMkernel.Boot.allowInterleavedNUMAnodes, as shown in Figure 6-66 on page 283.
Click OK.

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