Scott, thanks for the pointer. It's quite interesting.
Daniel. * [email protected] <[email protected]> [11/08/2009 19:56]: > Jon, > > > > You may want to take a look at this article: > > > > > [1]http://i.dell.com/sites/content/business/solutions/whitepapers/en/Documents/HPC_Dell_11G_BIOS_Options.pdf > > > > The BIOS settings depend on the needs of the applications you are > running. I think the noted article does a great job comparing options. > > > > -Scott > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jon Bernard > Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 4:00 PM > To: linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: Re: change bios settings via script > > > > Could you provide a summary of the HPC settings Dell uses? > > > > Jon > > omconfig should be able to do it. You can also look on the support > site for the R410 and look for the Dell Deployment Toolkot (DTK). > The DTK is designed for enmasse BIOS changes. > > BTW - you might want to look at your other BIOS settings. Typically > for HPC, HT is turned off and there are a few other settings (Turbo On, > C-state's off, max power, and one other I think). I'm betting the account > team didn't put the HPC SKU on the order. The HPC SKU changes > the BIOS settings for you. > > Jeff > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: Daniel De Marco <[2][email protected]> > To: [3][email protected] > Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 8:19:04 PM > Subject: change bios settings via script > Hi, > > I just received a shipment of several R410 that I'm going to use in a > compute cluster and I just found out that the hyper-threading is turned > on by default in the bios. Linux sees the two quad cores as 16 logical > processors. I need to disable it in 40 or so machines. Is there any way > of disabling it via a script? ipmitool, racadm, omconfig, anything?? > > Thanks, Daniel. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [4][email protected] > [5]https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at [6]http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [7][email protected] > [8]https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at [9]http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > > > References > > Visible links > 1. > http://i.dell.com/sites/content/business/solutions/whitepapers/en/Documents/HPC_Dell_11G_BIOS_Options.pdf > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. mailto:[email protected] > 5. https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > 6. http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > 7. mailto:[email protected] > 8. https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > 9. http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
