IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

196 IBM System x3850 X6 and x3950 X6 Planning and Implementation Guide
VMware ESXi supports booting from the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). To
ensure that you can boot ESXi successfully, you must change the boot order. The first boot
entry must Embedded Hypervisor. Follow these steps:
1. Press F1 for the UEFI Setup.
2. Select Boot Manager  Add Boot Option.
3. Select Generic Boot Option as shown in Figure 6-16.
Figure 6-16 Boot options
4. Select Embedded Hypervisor, as shown in Figure 6-17. If either option is not listed, the
option is already in the boot list. When you have finished, press Esc to go one panel back.
Figure 6-17 Add boot options
5. Select Change Boot Order.
6. Change the boot order to Embedded Hypervisor, as shown in Figure 6-18.
Figure 6-18
7. Select Commit Changes and press Enter to save the changes.

IBM X3850 X6 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C602J
Network Controller	Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Up to four Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 series processors or Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 series processors
Memory	Up to 6 TB of DDR3 ECC Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or Load-Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
Form Factor	4U rack server
Storage	Up to 24x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Expansion Slots	Up to 11 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Up to four 1400W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Memory Type	DDR3 RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage Controller	ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware