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Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on BL460G7 - X5660 (six core)

 
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IvanForceville
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Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on BL460G7 - X5660 (six core)

Hello,

I'm writing a detailed design guide and I wanted to crosscheck all required BIOS Processor paramters which need to be disabled/enabled.

Processor Hyper Treading => Disabled
No-Execute Memory Protection => Enabled
Intel(R) Virtualization Technology => Enabled

Anything else I'm forgetting?
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Niels Vejrup Pedersen
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Re: Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on BL460G7 - X5660 (six core)

You should keep HyperThreading Enabled.

The virtualization engines today, can handle the hyperthreading features. It should never hurt performance, but optimize whenever available.

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IvanForceville
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Re: Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on BL460G7 - X5660 (six core)

Thx for the answer.
So, this is in contradiction to the following whitepaper?

https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docLocale=en_US&docId=c01925882

 

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Niels Vejrup Pedersen
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Re: Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on BL460G7 - X5660 (six core)

Yes.

MS recommends it being enabled.

In the past we had major issues with hyperthreading and virtualization. Today theres no penalty by turning it on.

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IvanForceville
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Re: Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on BL460G7 - X5660 (six core)

Thx.
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IvanForceville
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