IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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To enter the configuration of a specific adapter, select the PciROOT directly beneath the
adapter name. When you have multiple controllers of the same type, selecting the PciROOT
of any of the same adapter types will select all of them and present a panel that allows you to
select the specific adapter from within the configuration routine of the adapter type. For
example, Figure 7-22 demonstrates this process when two ServeRAID adapters are installed
in the server.
Figure 7-22 LSI Adapter Selection panel from within the LSI configuration window
For adapters that are similar to the ServeRAID or Fibre Channel HBAs, look for the controller
configuration or properties. Inside the controller properties for the ServeRAID controllers, you
see a panel similar to the panel that is shown in Figure 7-23.
Figure 7-23 ServeRAID BIOS Configuration Utility Controller Properties: Disabling Boot ROM
Although not obvious by the description, disabling the Controller BIOS only disables the Boot
ROM execution during POST. All of the other operating characteristics of the adapter BIOS
and firmware remain intact.

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