machinfo - wron CPU information

[Yarek]

Hello Experts!

I have configured 3 virtual partitions on Integrity SuperdDome:
vPar1: 8 x dual core 1.6/24M
vPar2: 8 x dual core 1.6/24M
vPar3: 3 x dual core 1.6/24M

Only in case of vPar3 'machinfo' reports correct information about processors.

vPar1&vPar2:

## /usr/contrib/bin/machinfo ##
CPU info:
9 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9100 series processors (1.6 GHz, 12 MB)
533 MT/s bus, CPU version A1
16 logical processors

Memory: 163791 MB (159.95 GB)

Firmware info:
Firmware revision: 9.48
FP SWA driver revision: 1.18
IPMI is supported on this system.
BMC firmware revision: 26.02

Platform info:
Model: "ia64 hp superdome server SD32B"
Machine ID number: 5a30497f-702b-11dd-9467-9598df524958
Machine serial number: DEH48296B7

OS info:
Nodename: ksip1
Release: HP-UX B.11.31
Version: U (unlimited-user license)
Machine: ia64
ID Number: 1513113983
vmunix _release_version:
@(#) $Revision: vmunix: B.11.31_LR FLAVOR=perf

vPar3:
## /usr/contrib/bin/machinfo ##
CPU info:
3 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9100 series processors (1.6 GHz, 24 MB)
533 MT/s bus, CPU version A1
6 logical processors (2 per socket)

Memory: 59343 MB (57.95 GB)

Firmware info:
Firmware revision: 9.48
FP SWA driver revision: 1.18
IPMI is supported on this system.
BMC firmware revision: 26.02

Platform info:
Model: "ia64 hp superdome server SD32B"
Machine ID number: 5a30497f-702b-11dd-9467-9598df524958
Machine serial number: DEH48296B7

OS info:
Nodename: swd1
Release: HP-UX B.11.31
Version: U (unlimited-user license)
Machine: ia64
ID Number: 1513113983
vmunix _release_version:
@(#) $Revision: vmunix: B.11.31_LR FLAVOR=perf


All patches installed on these three vPars are the same. PHCO_36489 has been installed.

Any advice?

regards,
Jarek

[likid0]

Could you post:

#vparstatus

#parstatus -w

and with the number of partition you get in the ouput

#parstatus -V -p partitionNumber


Thnx

[Torsten.]

I'm not sure where the problem is ...

Is it this?

9 Intel(R) Itanium 2 9100 series processors (1.6 GHz, 12 MB)
533 MT/s bus, CPU version A1
16 logical processors

9 vs. 16 cores?


How about

# icapstatus

# parstatus

# vparstatus -A

[Yarek]

9 vs. 16 cores is the first confusion.
The second thing is processor cache memory.
Machinfo reports 1.6 GHz, 12 MB instead of 1.6 GHz, 24 MB.

Please look at the attached outputs.

All processors are assigned and active.

rgds,
Jarek

[Torsten.]

How about the other commands?

[Yarek]

I attached wrong file. How can I delete it?

rgds
Jarek

[likid0]

You have to think that in 11.31 with hyperthreadind enabled, you have in each cell four sockets, 8 cores, 16 lcpus.

So it looks like in 11.31 you are adding lcpus to you vpars, not cores.

And machinfo shows cores.

But to make sense of the 9 cores output, we need a:

#parstatus

and

#icapstatus

[Torsten.]

You can't. Only a moderator can do this.

[Yarek]

I don't have access to the server at this moment.
HT is diabled.
vPar1 - 8 dual-core processors
vPar2 - 8 dual-core processors
vPar3 - 3 dual-core processors

I really would like to delete the attached file as it's not the file which I meant. Could you please help me?

rgds,
Jarek

[Yarek]

Who is the moderator? How can I contact him?


rgds,
Jarek

[Dennis Handly]

>I really would like to delete the attached file as it's not the file which I meant. Could you please help me?

If this has some private info, you can make a request to the moderator by replying to this thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1344138

Make sure you have the URL of this thread and mention which attachment to remove.

[Torsten.]

Open a new thread here

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/familyhome.do?familyId=295

and ask the mod for deleting.

[Yarek]

Thank you guys!

I don't have an access to the machine at this moment. I will try to get the outputs tomorrow.

regards,
Jarek

[Dennis Handly]

>Torsten: Open a new thread here

It is better to reply to an existing thread rather than create 10s of extra threads.

I probably should have the moderator delete these old ones. :-)

[Torsten.]

Sorry Dennis, of course one should add a post to this (your ;-)) thread.

[Torsten.]

Regarding the patches:

I would do something like a "patch_verify" on both vPars and run a "diff" to compare. Maybe one is missing? Same for "swlist".

[Yarek]

I've done this before (show_patches -a; swlist)
The same software, the same patches


rgds,
Jarek

[Shiv007]

Hi,

you can pull the processor information from the respective vPar through System Management Homepage

http://:2301

else

you can get the Information from MP
MP>CM>DF
select the CPU FRU.

Otherwise

try /opt/sfm/bin/CIMUtil -e root/cimv2 HP_Processor and look for the field "Description"

Thanks
Shivaprasad

[Yarek]

#kctune -q lcpu_attr
Tunable Value Expression Changes
lcpu_attr 0 0 Imm (auto disabled)

Other outputs in the attached file


regards,
Jarek

[Torsten.]

This is a bit strange ...

The other tools are reporting correctly, as far as I can see.

Could you please post a "machinfo -v" from vPar1 and vPar3?

And:

# echo "sel dev 1;info;wait;il" | cstm

(this should list all FRUs).

[Duncan Edmonstone]

> I've done this before (show_patches -a; swlist)
> The same software, the same patches


are you completely sure?

run sysdiff between the vPars - this will show up *any* software differences

sysdiff sys1 sys2

HTH

Duncan

[Duncan Edmonstone · Accepted solution]

OK, let me take a *guess* at whats causing this...

remember that in vPars we can split CPU cores between partitions... so its possible to have the 1 core with 1/2 the cache in one vPar, and the other core with the other 1/2 of cache in the other vPar.

Now look at the list of CPUs in different vPars:

vPar1:
Boot processor [Path]: 0.121
Monitor assigned [Path]: 0.122
0.123
0.124
1.120
1.121
1.122
1.123
2.120
2.121
2.122
2.123
3.120
3.121
3.122
3.123

vPar2:
Boot processor [Path]: 0.120
Monitor assigned [Path]: 0.125
0.126
0.127
1.124
1.125
1.132
1.133
2.124
2.125
2.132
2.133
3.124
3.125
3.132
3.133

vPar3:
Boot processor [Path]: 5.120
Monitor assigned [Path]: 5.121
5.124
5.125
7.120
7.121

Note that *only* vPar 3 has the other core of the boot processor in the same vPar. (5.120 and 5.121) - So when the macinfo runs, it only gets a report on 1/2 of the resources of the boot processor (it wouldn't surprise me if machinfo made the reasonable assumption that all other processors in the vPar are like the boot processor) It would be interesting to see what you got if you moved these processors around...

Like I said - this is a guess...

HTH

Duncan

[Yarek]

Sorry for delay. I don't have a constant access to this machine.

#sysdiff vPar1 vPar3

KRB5-Client
vPar1 vPar3 description
B.11.31 B.11.31 Kerberos V5 Client Version 1.3.5.03
*PHSS_36361 PHSS_37666 KRB5-Client Version 1.3.5.03 Cumulative patch

krb5client
vPar1 vPar3 description
N/A E.1.6.2 Kerberos V5 Client Version 1.6.2


Machinfo -v and cstm outputs in the attached file.

regards,
Jarek

[Torsten.]

I don't know how machinfo exactly works, but since the cores of the boot processor are splitted and assigned to different vPars, I think this tool only detects the cache that belongs to one of the cores (12MB). The same reason would affect the CPU count. So I agree to Duncan's theory.
In fact all of your CPUs are the same.

Some notes about "Splitting sibling CPUs":

http://docs.hp.com/en/T1335-90083/ch06s24.html

[Yarek]

Thanks guys for the interesting analysis!


regards,
Jarek