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cjells
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Xeon 5050 and 5160 series Processor compatibility

Hi, I have a newbie question (hope you don't mind but maybe it's easy to amswer). I  have one Dell PE 1950 with two dual core 3.0 GHZ  CPU's (Xeon 5050) running ESXi 4.1 . I would like to add another PE 1950 with two dual core 3.0 GHZ CPUs (Xeon 5160).  Would these CPU series  be compatible for V motion? It is hard to match up CPU series when buying servers one at a time. I know there is some capability to mask bits, but how well does this work?

Thanks

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AndreTheGiant
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You can use EVC to have CPU compatibility:

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003212

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005764

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
idle-jam
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yes it is possible. have a look at http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmotion_info_guide.pdf

cjells
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Thanks, appreciate the info!

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cjells
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Thanks, appreciate the info!

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