Microsoft Windows Xp Professional; Red Hat Linux - HP Xw6600 - Workstation - 2 GB RAM Installation Manual

Step 1—Verifying the workstation processor
Before installing a second Xeon processor chip, verify the number and type of processor chip or cores
(based on your operating system) currently installed on your workstation. Record this information for
later reference.
Windows Vista Business reports the number of physical processor chips installed in the workstation.
Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Red Hat Linux report the total number of processor cores
contained within the fabric of the processor chip, not just the number of physical processor chips that
are installed, and displays the data for either two or four processor cores (depending on your workstation
processor model).
Windows Vista Business
To verify the presence of a single processor chip:
1. Click Start.
2. Click Windows Welcome.
3. Click Show more details. The Processor line indicates only a single processor.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

To verify the presence of either two or four processor cores (depending on your workstation processor
model):
1. Click Start.
2. Right-click My Computer.
3. Click Manage in the drop-down menu, and then click Device Manager to expand the Device
Manager menu options.
4. In the Device Manager menu options, click Processors. Each processor core currently installed
in the workstation is listed on a separate indented line under the Processors option.

Red Hat Linux

To verify the presence of either two or four processor cores and the processor model, type, and speed:
1. Right-click anywhere in the blank workstation display, and select Open Terminal.
2. At the terminal prompt, enter cat/proc/cpuinfo.
The screen displays detailed information on each processor core detected on the workstation at
this time.
NOTE:
or Processor 3, depending on the model of the processor chip installed on your workstation.
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The cpuinfo screen displays detailed data for Processor 0 through either Processor 1
Step 1—Verifying the workstation processor 3