IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 6. IBM System x3850 X5 and x3950 X5 285
Figure 6-71 VMware ESX GRUB
2. Add the following line at the beginning:
allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE
Ensure that you leave a space at the beginning and the end of the text that you enter (as
shown in Figure 6-72); otherwise, the command will fail to execute at a later stage during
the boot process. Press Enter to proceed after the line has been edited correctly.
Figure 6-72 Editing the boot load command
3. Do not forget to select VMkernel.Boot.allowInterleavedNUMAnodes as active with the
vSpere Client.
ESXi installation
Use the following steps to change your ESXi 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.

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