LH6000 - 6 Processor Support - NT4

[Technical Services_1]

Hi there,

Can someone confirm or deny support of six proccessors on the LH6000 using NT4 - do you need NT4 Standard or NT4 Enterprise?

The LH6000 recognises the 6 processors at POST but NT4 Stnd loads just 4 processors.

I know that these are Windows limitations, but I wondered whether the HP hardware had 'worked around' this?

Please refer to this thread for previous information.
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=996548

Many thanks if you can clear this up as I have had conflicting reports...

Mal

[Bryan Eley]

Mal,

When you set up your LH6000 did you use a Netserver Navigator cd or did you go straight from the NT disks?

My understanding is that with NT Server - Retail, 4 smp processors are supported, with
Enterprise Server - Retail, 8 smps. For OEM, (theoretically) up to 32 smps.

However, Microsoft states (from http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/ProductInfo/Enterprise/WindowsNTEnterpriseFAQ.asp) that

"Can Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition be used on SMP servers with more than eight processors?
Yes. Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition is the Microsoft server operating system for any SMP server with more than four processors. The standard End User License Agreement available through retail and Microsoft reseller channels licenses Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition for use on up to an eight-processor SMP server. Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition licenses for larger SMP servers are available from vendors of those larger servers."

If you've installed NT 4 using the navigator cd and your 6 processor system is only recognized as a 4 processor system, then I'd say it's very likely a limitation of the OS, especially if the NT 4 server version is an OEM version from HP. If you've installed using an HP OEM NT 4 set but without the navigator cd, it's POSSIBLE that you might need the navigator cd to "see" all 6 processors. If you lived around the corner, I could loan you my NT 4 Enterprise Server set so you could test for yourself without a financial committment. ;-)

Bryan