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Processor housing assembly The Netfinity 8500R server comes with at least one processor installed on the standard processor daughterboard. When you install one or more additional processors, the server can operate as a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) server. With SMP, certain operating systems and application programs can distribute the processing load among the processors. This enhances performance for database and point-of-sale applications, integrated manufacturing solutions, and other applications. Note To ensure that the operating system supports multiprocessing operations, load the appropriate multiprocessor option software in the operating system programs. The server supports a maximum of eight Intel Pentium III Xeon processors (upgradable when available). For a list of supported operating systems, see http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/ on the World Wide Web. Before you begin: Read "Safety information" on page 240. Thoroughly review the documentation that comes with the processor, so that you can determine whether you need to update the Netfinity 8500R server basic input/output system (BIOS). Verify that you have the latest BIOS level for the server by accessing http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/ on the World Wide Web. Refer to the "Getting Help, Service, and Information" section of this Server Library for the appropriate World Wide Web addresses and bulletin-board telephone numbers. If you plan to use the processor serial-number security feature, you must change the setting of the Processor Serial Number Access menu choice in the Advanced Setup menu of the Configuration/Setup Utility program. The default value is Disabled; change this value to Enabled, as described in "Processor serial number access" on page 29. 146 Netfinity Server HMM

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Processor housing assembly
The Netfinity 8500R server comes with at least one
processor installed on the standard processor
daughterboard.
When you install one or more additional
processors, the server can operate as a symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) server.
With SMP, certain
operating systems and application programs can distribute
the processing load among the processors.
This enhances
performance for database and point-of-sale applications,
integrated manufacturing solutions, and other applications.
Note
To ensure that the operating system supports
multiprocessing operations, load the appropriate
multiprocessor option software in the operating system
programs.
The server supports a maximum of eight Intel Pentium III
Xeon processors (upgradable when available).
For a list of
supported operating systems, see
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/ on the World Wide Web.
Before you begin:
±
Read “Safety information” on page
240.
±
Thoroughly review the documentation that comes
with the processor, so that you can determine
whether you need to update the Netfinity 8500R
server basic input/output system (BIOS).
Verify
that you have the latest BIOS level for the server
on the World Wide Web.
Refer to the “Getting Help, Service, and
Information” section of this
Server Library
for the
appropriate World Wide Web addresses and
bulletin-board telephone numbers.
±
If you plan to use the processor serial-number
security feature, you must change the setting of
the
Processor Serial Number Access
menu
choice in the Advanced Setup menu of the
Configuration/Setup Utility program.
The default
value is
Disabled
; change this value to
Enabled
,
as described in “Processor serial number access”
on page
29.
146
Netfinity Server HMM