RE: how to get the number of sockets

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Weird...

Handle 0x0700, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
        Socket Designation: Not Specified
        Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 1
        Operational Mode: Write Back
        Location: Internal
        Installed Size: 32 kB
        Maximum Size: 32 kB
        Supported SRAM Types:
                Other
        Installed SRAM Type: Other
        Speed: Unknown
        Error Correction Type: None
        System Type: Data
        Associativity: 8-way Set-associative

Handle 0x0701, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information
        Socket Designation: Not Specified
        Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 2
        Operational Mode: Varies With Memory Address
        Location: Internal
        Installed Size: 4096 kB
        Maximum Size: 4096 kB
        Supported SRAM Types:
                Other
        Installed SRAM Type: Other
        Speed: Unknown
        Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC
        System Type: Unified
        Associativity: <OUT OF SPEC>

No idea which is referring to the empty socket and what the other one is...

Rob Marti
Systems Administrator
Sam Houston State University
936-294-3804 // rob@xxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Broekman, Maarten
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:47 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets

On the systems I have "Socket Designation" ends up only giving CPU sockets.  A more contextual grep (or simply dumping it to more/less) might give more information about what it thinks is a "socket".

Maarten Broekman 


>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-  
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marti, Rob
>  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:45 AM
>  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>  Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets
>  
>  My desktop's motherboard only has 2 sockets, but your command gives:
>  
>  [root@ab1-4-160 ~]# dmidecode | grep "Socket Designation"
>          Socket Designation: CPU
>          Socket Designation: Not Specified
>          Socket Designation: Not Specified
>  
>  Not really sure that's accurate enough :) (and yeah I only have 1
socket
>  filled... I feel like less of a man)
>  
>  Rob Marti
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-  
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Broekman, Maarten
>  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:41 AM
>  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>  Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets
>  
>  /usr/sbin/dmidecode will give you similar information as well.
>  
>  # dmidecode | grep "Socket Designation"
>                  Socket Designation: Proc 1
>                  Socket Designation: Proc 2 ...
>  
>  
>  Maarten Broekman
>  
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-  > 
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marti, Rob  >  Sent: Tuesday, August 
> 18, 2009 8:38 AM  >  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list  >  
> Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets  >  >  Check 
> manufacturers specs.  There isn't a software way to check
for
>  an
>  >  empty cpu - I'm guessing you meant empty because /proc/cpuinfo
tells
>  you
>  >  how mant slots are full.
>  >
>  >  grep physical /proc/cpuinfo | uniq -c
>  >        4 physical id     : 0
>  >        4 physical id     : 1
>  >
>  >  So 4 cores on each of 2 sockets.
>  >
>  >  Rob Marti
>  >  Systems Administrator
>  >  Sam Houston State University
>  >  936-294-3804 // rob@xxxxxxxx
>  >
>  >
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-  > 
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ESGLinux  >  Sent: Tuesday, August 
> 18, 2009 7:32 AM  >  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list  >  
> Subject: how to get the number of sockets  >  >  Hi all,  >  I was 
> going to by a red hat license for a new server, an looking
the
>  >  note1 in this link:
>  >  https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/#note1
>  >
>  >  I have reallized that the important thing is the number of
sockets,
>  not
>  >  the number of cpus.
>  >
>  >  So my question is simple, how can I get the number of sockets a  > 
> motherboard has, ?(without opening it. of coures)  >  >  I have look 
> at the /proc dir but I get only info about the cpus,
not
>  > about the sockets,
>  >
>  >  any suggestion,
>  >
>  >  Thanks in advance
>  >
>  >  ESG
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