Originally posted by: manu12

Hi,

I would like to know how to find out Physical CPU?

wheather it is single physical CPU with dual core or 2 seperate Physical CPU?

I have issue 2 commands on System Model: IBM,9131-52A.

prtconf it is showing 2 Processors,

Becuase lparstat -i command is showing

Maximum Physical CPUs in system : 2
Active Physical CPUs in system : 2

bash-3.00$ lparstat -i
Partition Number : 1
Type : Dedicated-SMT
Mode : Capped
Entitled Capacity : 2.00
Partition Group-ID : 32769
Shared Pool ID : -
Online Virtual CPUs : 2
Maximum Virtual CPUs : 2
Minimum Virtual CPUs : 1
Variable Capacity Weight : -
Minimum Capacity : 1.00
Maximum Capacity : 2.00
Capacity Increment : 1.00
Maximum Physical CPUs in system : 2
Active Physical CPUs in system : 2
Active CPUs in Pool : -
Shared Physical CPUs in system : -
Maximum Capacity of Pool : -
Entitled Capacity of Pool : -
Unallocated Capacity : -
Physical CPU Percentage : 100.00%
Unallocated Weight : -

Please suggest wheather is 2 Different Physical cpu or its single physical cpu with dual core?

Originally posted by: dukessd

Hard to say with so little information but it looks like power 5 so you'll have a dual core single "cpu" system there, although it could also be classed as a dual cpu system, depends on why you want to know and exactly what you are after really..

Originally posted by: DnShaver

The 52A (or 520Q) was a 2 socket power 5 system. I believe that processor was only sold as a 2-way, i would hazard to guess you have a single CPU...

-dab

Originally posted by: The_Doctor

Please suggest wheather is 2 Different Physical cpu or its single physical cpu with dual core?

It is not single physical cpu with dual core.

A 2-way p5 52A comes packaged as:

• a single DCM (dual control module). The DCM has 2 Physical CPUs imbedded inside.

After all that, does it really matter ?

Originally posted by: tony.evans

It seems to matter a lot to people who come from the Intel/AMD server space. I've been asked a few times by people trying to license software as well.

Those of us who've mostly dealt with UNIX hardware don't seem to get as excited about how the physical chips are laid out.