Table 2. Mixed Processor Configurations - Intel SC5650HCBRP Product Specification

Functional Architecture
Error
Processor family not
identical
Processor stepping
mismatch
Processor cache not
identical
Processor frequency
(speed) not identical
Processor Intel®
QuickPath
Interconnect speeds
not identical
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Table 2. Mixed Processor Configurations

Severity
Halt The BIOS detects the error condition and responds as follows:
Logs the error into the system event log (SEL).
–
Alerts the Integrated BMC about the configuration error.
–
– Does not disable the processor.
Displays "0194: Processor 0x family mismatch detected" message in
–
the Error Manager.
Halts the system and will not boot until the fault condition is remedied.
–
Pause The BIOS detects the stepping difference and responds as follows:
Checks to see whether the steppings are compatible – typically +/-
–
one stepping.
If so, no error is generated (this is not an error condition).
–
Continues to boot the system successfully.
–
Otherwise, this is a stepping mismatch error, and the BIOS responds as
follows:
Displays "0193: Processor 0x stepping mismatch" message in the
–
Error Manager and logs it into the SEL.
Takes Minor Error action and continues to boot the system.
–
Halt The BIOS detects the error condition and responds as follows:
Logs the error into the SEL.
–
– Alerts the Integrated BMC about the configuration error.
Does not disable the processor.
–
Displays "0192: Processor 0x cache size mismatch detected"
–
message in the Error Manager.
Halts the system and will not boot until the fault condition is remedied.
–
Halt The BIOS detects the error condition and responds as follows:
Adjusts all processor frequencies to the highest common frequency.
–
No error is generated – this is not an error condition.
–
Continues to boot the system successfully.
–
If the frequencies for all processors cannot be adjusted to be the same,
then the BIOS:
Logs the error into the SEL.
–
Displays "0197: Processor 0x family is not supported" message in the
–
Error Manager.
Halts the system and will not boot until the fault condition is remedied.
–
Halt The BIOS detects the error condition and responds as follows:
Adjusts all processor QPI frequencies to highest common frequency.
–
No error is generated – this is not an error condition
–
Continues to boot the system successfully.
–
If the link speeds for all QPI links cannot be adjusted to be the same, then
the BIOS:
Logs the error into the SEL.
–
Displays "0195: Processor 0x Intel® QPI speed mismatch" message
–
in the Error Manager.
Halts the system and will not boot until the fault condition is remedied.
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