IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

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Figure 7-59 Edited ESX installation Boot Options
4. Proceed with ESX installation until you get to the Setup Type page, as shown in
Figure 7-60. Click Advanced setup, clear Configure bootloader settings automatically
(leave checked if unsure), and click Next.
Figure 7-60 ESX installation Setup Type
5. Continue with the installation until you get to the Set Bootloader Options page, as shown
in Figure 7-61 on page 365, and type the following parameter in the Kernel Arguments
field:
allowInterleavedNUMAnodes=TRUE

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