I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to disable a CPU socket on my Dell PowerEdge R730 without having to physically remove the CPU. This is important for us due to licensing issues, and I would appreciate any insights anyone might have.
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If you’re considering the physical removal of the CPU, it should only take about 10 minutes, plus reboot time. But I understand that you'd rather not deal with that if there’s a logical solution available.
Some servers allow limiting the number of active cores instead of disabling the socket outright. Has anyone looked into whether halving the active cores would help meet your licensing requirements?
Unfortunately, just reducing the cores won't help us right now. We're stuck until we transition from socket-based to core-based licensing this October.
Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to disable a socket without physically pulling the CPU. If you go that route, be aware that you'll lose access to the memory connected to that CPU and possibly one of the PCIe risers too. It's a trade-off you need to consider.
Yeah, we're kind of hoping to avoid that hassle and just deal with the licensing issues instead.