Questions tagged [intel]
This tag should be used for questions about Intel based server platforms, software and others related specifically to hardware and software from the Intel Corporation.
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Unexpected and unexplained slow (and unusual) memory performance with Xeon Skylake SMP
We've been testing a server using 2x Xeon Gold 6154 CPUs with a Supermicro X11DPH-I motherboard, and 96GB RAM, and found some very strange performance issues surrounding memory when compared to ...
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No ethernet connection on Intel® X722 10GBase-T Ethernet Controller on Ubuntu-Server 18.04 and 22.04
I'm trying to connect a server with installed Ubuntu-Server to the Internet via Ethernet cable with no success.
Here is the link to the platform we use - https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/system/...
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Network card not providing maximum throughput Ubuntu server
I have a server in OVH.
My server is able to deliver 1gbps, I make sure it's actually can deliver this in their rescue mode.
When the system is up to the Ubuntu layer, the performance drops to ~...
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Advanced tab missing in Network Adapter properties after installing 28.2 version of Network Adapter Driver
I recently updated my Intel X540-AT2 Network Card on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system to the latest version 28.2. This update included both the driver package and the Intel® PROSet package, which I ...
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RAID-5 read speed is very slow
I have windows 11 pro for workstation and use 2 RAID-5 volumes for storage (nvme group and ssd group). The read speed for the nvme group is around 2220 MB/s and the write speed is around 170 MB/s. SSD ...
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Proxmox 5.2 Gemini Lake and IGD (graphics) pass through for Ubuntu 18
I’m trying to set up a fresh install of Proxmox 5.2 on Gemini Lake and I would like to configure a VM with IGD (graphics) passthrough for Ubuntu 18
Computer-based on ASRock J4105-ITX asrock.com/mb/...
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Atom Parker Ridge intel_pstate: CPU model not supported? High power draw
I have a Supermicro A3SPI-8C-LN6PF board which features an embedded Intel Atom C5325 CPU running Proxmox (Debian 11.6, Kernel 6.2.11). dmesg is reporting intel_pstate: CPU model not supported and I'm ...
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Hardware Virtualization Technology Enabling Issue
I have purchased an Intel i7 3770 and an Asus P8Z77-M Pro; for some Windows Server 2012 testing.
In the BIOS I have enabled the "Intel Virtualization Technology", and have several Hyper-V based ...
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Persistent Memory Redundancy?
This is the first time I've really dug into PMMs (Intel Optane), so bear with me if I'm a little slow on the uptake. It looks like you can configure these in either cache- or disk-mode, depending on ...
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LM-Sensors - Intel Arc A750 + Dell R720 + Debian 11 (Kernel 6.2.2)
I have a Dell R720 at home running virtualized services under KVM. I have recently added an Intel ARC A750 which I've passed through a Debian 11 VM (with a Q35 machine model), where I have Jellyfin ...
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CentOS: e1000 is shown as FIBER port, but it must be MII
I installed an Intel gigabit card, it is shown as:
[root@mail ~]# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ FIBRE ]
Supported link modes: 1000baseT/Full
Supports ...
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Is it possible to disable and re-enable on-board PCI devices in Linux?
So as the title suggests, Is there a way I can disable and re-enable PCI devices or on-board devices on Linux using Terminal like the disable and enable device functions in Windows' Device Manager. I ...
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How to remote boot from bios and install an operating system from local USB
So we have a bunch of systems distributed across a semi-large area and are looking to upgrade soon. We are looking for systems that could preferably be booted from a USB drive in the system remotely. ...
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Is an ECC ram enabled GPU necessary for a server, or will a normal gpu work fine in a server?
Is it a requirement for a server to use ECC ram on a GPU while the normal CPU ram is ECC? Im thinking that instead of using a Quadro k6000 or AMD Firepro, we could use a GTX 980 or AMD r9 290...if ...
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Issue with i9-10900TE while activating PAE on linux kernel 5.15.x
I've to compile a linux 32b kernel 5.15.86 RT56 for running on 2 different computers with Intel CPUs : one with an i7-9700TE and 32Gb RAM, and the other one using an i9-10900TE with 64 Gb RAM.
I need ...
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Intel® iSCSI Remote Boot Intel X540-T2
I have an Intel X540-T2 Dual port 10GB Ethernet adapter. DEV ID: 8086/1528
I am trying to setup a workstation to boot from a SAN using iSCSI.
Everything I have read about this card says that Intel® ...
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Is it possible to update HP/Intel NIC firmware?
Is it possible / how to update the firmware (EEPROM image) of Intel Gigabit ethernet cards?
I have multiple HP NC365T NICs based on the Intel Corporation 82580 Gigabit Network Connection. Some of them ...
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Hp Proliant DL360p gen8, Intel 10G ethernet adapter and no access to Inteligent Provisioning
I have HP Proliant DL360p gen8
and network interfaces:
Intel X520-DA2
Intel I350-T4
and HP 331FLR
There is problem to access Inteligent Provisioning only with Intel X520-DA2 - when this card is ...
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Intel x550 NIC rx_csum_offload_errors and rx_length_errors on Debian 10
I have just changed my Netgear GS108e (8x1Gb) switch with a GM110mx (8x1Gb + 2x10Gb), and noticed that I have now some rx_csum_offload_errors and rx_length_errors errors on my Intel x550T2 NIC stats ...
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How to enable HTTP access to Intel RMM3 through ssh console?
Would you be so kind to write how to enable HTTP access to Intel RMM3 through ssh (SMASH-CLP) console, please?
I have already tried to reset it with a procedure recommended on the Intel forum (https:/...
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Does the data size of an SSD chip have compatibility issues with certain boards?
I'm considering getting an 8TB SSD storage chip for my Intel NUC mini-server (I install linux on it). However, I'm wondering if there are any considerations one needs to take when adding that much ...
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What happens to a random bit error in the cache on an Intel CPU?
I have a system with ECC RAM and a Xeon E3 CPU.
My understanding is that ECC circuits on the RAM will detect corruption from random bit errors in the RAM chips.
But what happens to random bit errors ...
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I can't turn on sleep on Supermicro X12STH-F board (or find out if it's supported)
I've recently updated to MB Supermicro X12STH-F, Intel Xeon 2388G and I can't make it sleep (OS Windows 10 Pro). It's a server motherboard and cpu, but my previous MB/CPU was also server and sleep was ...
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There is no dir "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/mdev_supported_types" with 5.19.0-23-generic
I've an issue with 5.19.0-23-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP, — there is no /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/mdev_supported_types dir.
uname -a
Linux hp1 5.19.0-23-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC ...
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What is the actual meaning of a "C" suffix in a 2nd generation Scalable Xeon CPU (Platinum, Gold, etc)
I have an HP Z6 Workstation with a Xeon Gold 6253CL CPU (purchased from eBay) and I would like to upgrade it to a dual-CPU configuration. I have added the 2nd CPU riser card but, for selecting the ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) Hangs On Reboot (sometimes)
I have an Intel NUC NUC8I7HNK which I have installed Ubuntu on. If I reboot the system and then reboot it again everything is fine. Reboots without problem.
However, if I let the system sit for a ...
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Memory errors in dmesg, do I need to replace a DIMM?
The following errors show up in dmesg 10-20 times per day:
MCA: Bank 5, Status 0x8c00004000010092
MCA: Global Cap 0x0000000001000c10, Status 0x0000000000000000
MCA: Vendor "GenuineIntel", ID ...
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Supermicro - XFS (snumbd6d): log I/O error -5
So, We have a supermicro server with the next hardware configuration:
CentOS 7
Softraid (because this supermicro configuration didn't support hardware raid..)
/ Partition is RAID 10 and the rest one ...
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Intel Xeon 6134 + One DIMM per channel or two DIMMs per channel for maximum memory bandwidth?
I'm unable to find this critical piece of information in spec sheets. Appreciate any insight.
We're purchasing servers for HPC work with intel Xeon Gold 6134 (Skylake) cpus
I want maximum memory ...
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Intel S2600JF server: Processor PCIe Link Speed menu in the BIOS is missing
i have a Intel 4 node server with S2600 JF motherboard per node (older, DDR3 RAM, E5-2600 v1 and v2).
I want to insert a NVMe pcie card (with two drives) that requires bifurcation.
Based on the ...
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Server not booting up with Intel S2600CP4 server board, No Motherboard Error beeps either
We have a Intel S2600CP4 Server board fitted inside a brand new Chenbro server Chassis. One CPU slot on the Motherboard is populated with Intel E5-2695V2. Other slot is left empty, but both CPU power ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 - Intel X550 - Run a pre-up command to set ethtool network interface parameters at startup
Following the question at:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1406445/ubuntu-22-04-server-intel-x550-advertised-speed-not-correct
I need to run a command at startup so that the necessary changes are ...
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Unable to rebuild the Raid 1 Array (intel RST Raid 1) in BIOS and in OS(Ubuntu server 20.04.4)
we have HP server HP ProLiant ML10 Gen 9 with Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. We have enabled Raid 1 array for two HDD sized 2TB using Intel RST Raid configuration (which is an fake/firmware raid). Now my goal is ...
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How to connect/reboot to PC without monitor or remote access? Accidentally enabled X11 and can't undo it
I recently tried setting up an Intel NUC for remote access but it required a display to be connected -- I am using Ubuntu 18.04 (maybe 20.04, I can't check). So I installed the X11 dummy driver ...
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Intel Driver & Support Assistant installs Root CA into Trusted Root CAs
The Intel Driver & Support Assistant (DSA) appears to install a Root CA certificate into the Trusted Root CAs of Windows 10 Pro. DSA was installed in 2018.
Sysinternals sigcheck reports:
Listing ...
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X710 and mlx5_core together on same server
I have a amd server with centos 7.9
I am trying to using the the kernel driver for 2 cards:
Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ 1572 --> i40e
MT27800 Family [ConnectX-5] 1017' --> mlx5_core
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CPU temp - Dell vs Intel
I'm troubleshooting a DELL PowerEdge M630 (VRTX). I see CPU temp reaching at least as high as 74C. Dell says it is good until 85C. I looked up the CPU specs on Intel's site, and they say 74C is the ...
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Debian 10 and Intel I350 - Interfaces disabled after boot
I have a server with an Intel i350 quad nic on the motherboard (SuperMicro X9DRi-LN4F+).
This server ran in production for many years no problems (Debian 9).
Recently, I moved the server to a new ...
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Where to find list of possible arguments for ethtool -K?
When I want to disable/enable interface features with the ethtool -K command, how can I list all available options? When I run ethtool -k I see a list of options, but I don't know the equivalent ...
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"Error occurred starting IDE-R" using Intel Manageability Commander
I'm attempting to mount an .ISO file to a remote server using Intel Manageability Commander on a Lenovo TS440 ThinkServer. I've got the system configured to use Intel AMT, and I've enabled everything ...
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Intel x550 NIC rx_dropped packet on Debian 10
I have just added an Intel x550T2 10Gb NIC on my Debian 10 server, and noticed that I have a lot of rx_dropped errors. The card is on a correct PCIe extension slot (PCIe3.0 x8).
At the moment, it is ...
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VF in the same PF cannot obtain the other VF's egress
I generate 3 VFs in a PF using SR_IOV. Then I use ip link to set the VFs trust on, open the promisc mode and send pkts from VF0. But VF1 and VF2 cannot obtain the egress from VF0, the pkts go through ...
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How to calculate the QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) bandwidth?
For Xeon E5-2697 v2, Intel lists:
Bus Speed = 8 GT/s
# of QPI Links = 2
According to Wikipedia, one must know the QPI frequency and link width to calculate the QPI bandwidth, but these don't seem to ...
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Intel SSB temperature sensor
I have an Intel server motherboard that is reporting an issue with the SSB temperature sensor.
I have searched for the acronym but cannot find a definition. What does SSB stand for?
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nvme device dropouts - I/O 0 QID 0 timeout, controller disabled
We have 6 Supermicro servers all of the same (or very similar spec),
Over the last two weeks one of them has been dropped an NVMe disk at random times due to:
[ 66.856719] nvme 0000:03:00.0: I/O 0 ...
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NIC ports going offline just by touching the cables slightly
A while ago we discovered an issue with most of our NICs in the data center - touching the cables just leads to the ports of the NICs going offline for a couple of seconds. All the NICs are Broadcom ...
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what are the risks when mixing different DELL servers and how to know supported rhel versions
we are using the following DELL servers and this server is part of the cluster
SERVER - R730
we want to add new servers as R740 to our cluster ( R740 is with Intel Xeon Silver 4110 8c Processor)
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Raid 1 default disk capacity is lesser than the disk sizes. Any ideas? Intel Raid Storage Technology - Raid from Bios
Here the screenshots I think they explains everything
The disks are advertised as 1 TB and the real size of the disks are 931.5 GB
I have installed windows server without raid setup for ...
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vCPU/pVCPU Calculation
I am trying to calculate the vCPU/pVCPU information in Dell PowerEdge MX740c using the Intel Xeon Gold 6148 Processor (SKU 6148) with Hyperthreading.
Does this seems correct?
pCPU Calculation
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Way to enter the BIOS of linux server
I have a Centos 7.9 VPS up and running. I wanted to enter into BIOS, but I wonder if there is any specific key to enter into it.
I wanted to enable the vt-d inside the BIOS. My server has Intel CPU ...
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