IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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7.8 UEFI settings
Hardware settings for the IBM System x3690 X5 are accessible through the UEFI. It also
provides lower-level hardware settings that will most likely be transparent to the OS. UEFI
replaces the old BIOS firmware interface.
You can obtain more information about UEFI at the following website:
http://www.uefi.org
New IBM System x models, including the x3690 X5, implement UEFI to take advantage of its
advanced features. The UEFI page is accessed by pressing F1 during the system
initialization process, as shown on Figure 7-37.
Figure 7-37 Press F1 during system start-up to access UEFI
Figure 7-38 on page 338 shows the UEFI System Configuration and Boot Management
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