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ESXi + Intel Quad core Q6600 2.4Ghz: configuration says processor socket = 1 posted: Sep 12, 2008 12:33 PM

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kuldipsingh
36 posts since
Sep 12, 2008

I have sucessfully installed ESXi on my machine with the following config:

1) Asus MB: P5K-VM

2) Processor: Intel Quad Q6600

3) NIC: intel Pro 1000

Issue When looking from the configuration tab -> processor, ESXi says

Processor socket = 1

Processor per socket =

Logical processors = 1

Why does it only see one socket instead of 4? It does recognize processor as a quad core. Am I missing some thing?


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Re: ESXi + Intel Quad core Q6600 2.4Ghz: configuration says processor socket = 1

1. Sep 12, 2008 12:49 PM in response to: kuldipsingh
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Dave.Mishchen…
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Nov 15, 2005
It should report only one socket, but you should also see 4 processors per socket and a total of 4 logical CPUs. A few others on the forum have had the same problem with whiteboxes and quad cores. I would suggest that you first update the BIOS to the latest for your MB.

Re: ESXi + Intel Quad core Q6600 2.4Ghz: configuration says processor socket = 1

2. Sep 14, 2008 12:22 PM in response to: Dave.Mishchen…
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kuldipsingh
36 posts since
Sep 12, 2008
Yes. Upgrading BIOS has resolved the issue.

Re: ESXi + Intel Quad core Q6600 2.4Ghz: configuration says processor socket = 1

3. Sep 15, 2008 5:52 AM in response to: kuldipsingh
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kuldipsingh
36 posts since
Sep 12, 2008

Few other questions:

1) Even the ESXi sees four processors now I have not seen any improvement in terms of the performance. Any reasons?

2) Other note, after the fresh installation when I was switching from one vm to other, the console window was almost instantaneous to come up, now it takes atleast 30 secs to come up. I was hoping to see better performance after ESXi recognize 4 processors but it did not help. Any ideas?

3) How many VMs can I sucessfully run with the following configurations.

a) Processo: Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz

b) Host memory: 8GB

c) 4 SATA 2 hard disks.

c) Most of the VMs are running windows server 2003 standard.

4) How to best utilize 4 sata hard disks on the host?


Re: ESXi + Intel Quad core Q6600 2.4Ghz: configuration says processor socket = 1

4. Jan 20, 2009 7:02 AM in response to: kuldipsingh
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pascaljr
6 posts since
Jun 19, 2007
Hello,
Were you able to get your machine to run properly on ESXi with the described configuration? I'm about to buy a machine with a similar configuration, and I'd like to know.
Thanks
Pascal

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