Dual Xeon Processor-Reported by Novell

[denrus]

I have a Novell 6.5 server with dual Xeon processors. Whenever I down the server, Novell reports 3 processors ( processor 1, 2 , & 3). Is this normal? Shouldn't there be 4? How do I verify that Novell is using both processors correctly? Recently , the server crashed & I'm investigating.

 

[terry712]

i beleive this is normal
i think the 3rd processor is the rib

if it's using hpyerthreading then when the screen saver goes on you will see 4 snakes - if off you will see two

also in monitor or through the browser ie

http://serverdude:8008

you will see the processors and can see what each processor is doing

 

[Provogeek]

Actually, the 3rd processor is the hyperthreading in the 2nd physical CPU (shown as a virtual processor in Remote Manager).

It is normal, but don't think the sytsem will count 1, 2, 3. It counts 0, 1, 2, 3. You never see processor 0 shutdown cause you need somthing to run the kernel as the system goes down. Check remote manager, you will see all four starting from 0

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