how to get the number of sockets

[Broekman, Maarten]

On the systems I have "Socket Designation" ends up only giving CPU
sockets.  A more contextual grep (or simply dumping it to more/less)
might give more information about what it thinks is a "socket".

Maarten Broekman 


>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>  bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Marti, Rob
>  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:45 AM
>  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>  Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets
>  
>  My desktop's motherboard only has 2 sockets, but your command gives:
>  
>  [root at ab1-4-160 ~]# dmidecode | grep "Socket Designation"
>          Socket Designation: CPU
>          Socket Designation: Not Specified
>          Socket Designation: Not Specified
>  
>  Not really sure that's accurate enough :) (and yeah I only have 1
socket
>  filled... I feel like less of a man)
>  
>  Rob Marti
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>  bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Broekman, Maarten
>  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:41 AM
>  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>  Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets
>  
>  /usr/sbin/dmidecode will give you similar information as well.
>  
>  # dmidecode | grep "Socket Designation"
>                  Socket Designation: Proc 1
>                  Socket Designation: Proc 2 ...
>  
>  
>  Maarten Broekman
>  
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>  > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Marti, Rob
>  >  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:38 AM
>  >  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>  >  Subject: RE: how to get the number of sockets
>  >
>  >  Check manufacturers specs.  There isn't a software way to check
for
>  an
>  >  empty cpu - I'm guessing you meant empty because /proc/cpuinfo
tells
>  you
>  >  how mant slots are full.
>  >
>  >  grep physical /proc/cpuinfo | uniq -c
>  >        4 physical id     : 0
>  >        4 physical id     : 1
>  >
>  >  So 4 cores on each of 2 sockets.
>  >
>  >  Rob Marti
>  >  Systems Administrator
>  >  Sam Houston State University
>  >  936-294-3804 // rob at shsu.edu
>  >
>  >
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
>  > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of ESGLinux
>  >  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:32 AM
>  >  To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>  >  Subject: how to get the number of sockets
>  >
>  >  Hi all,
>  >  I was going to by a red hat license for a new server, an looking
the
>  >  note1 in this link:
>  >  https://www.redhat.com/apps/store/server/#note1
>  >
>  >  I have reallized that the important thing is the number of
sockets,
>  not
>  >  the number of cpus.
>  >
>  >  So my question is simple, how can I get the number of sockets a
>  > motherboard has, ?(without opening it. of coures)
>  >
>  >  I have look at the /proc dir but I get only info about the cpus,
not
>  > about the sockets,
>  >
>  >  any suggestion,
>  >
>  >  Thanks in advance
>  >
>  >  ESG
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