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VMware ESXi 4.0 and Dell Inspiron 530 Core 2 Quad: ESXi Only Sees One Core Per Socket
Submitted by Vu M. Nguyen on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 20:09
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I was converting several of my testbed systems over to VMware ESXi 4.0 and ran into an issue where two of the ESXi servers were reporting one core per socket with one logical processor, even though they were Core 2 Quad's.
ESXi's "Summary" page returns -
Processor Sockets: 1
Cores Per Socket: 1
Logical Processors: 1
To allow VMware ESXi 4.0 to see the correct number of processors for Dell Inspiron 530 systems:
1. Hold "F2" during boot for the Setup menu.
2. Select "Advanced BIOS Features."
3. Press Enter at "CPU Feature."
4. Ensure "Limit CPUID Value" is set to Disabled (Disabled By Default).
ESXi's "Summary" page should now report -
Processor Sockets: 1
Cores Per Socket: 4
Logical Processors: 4
