> > Thanks guys for helping out! I got the official answer from > Dell just a few minutes ago. Apparently the Dell servers are > doing this strange BIOS setting by design. I quote my > Technical Account Manager below. > > ########## > [snip] > My apologies we were quite busy today, and I was just about > to email you with the results. I have been able to check our > tools, and with several technicians. The bios setting by > default is set to dual. This is the same for the R710, R410, > and R510 servers. As of right now it looks like the only way > to change that is by either physically going to each server, > and booting into the bios and changing the processor settings. > [snip] > ########### > > > R410's R710 and R510 all are doing this currently (says my TAM). > > I can't say why but I was told it's a "feature" not a "bug". > Very non-intuitive to me. I can't see why an 8 core server > defaulting to 4 core makes sense..... >
We got two R410 exhibiting the same "feature" here. It's probably a "feature" for some alternative OS's that require licensing on a per-core basis. For higher performance, is it better to have two quad-core acting as dual-core processors due to bios setting, or one quad-core ? Cheers, -- Robert _______________________________________________ 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
