Xeon E5-2660v0 Support 1GB Huge Pages Size

[ChohKoon]

Hi,

This Xeon E5-2660 v0 support 1GB Huge Pages Size ?

Or any document showing list of CPU that support 1GB Huge Pages Size

NSX Edge VM CPU Requirements
For the DPDK support, the underlaying platform needs to meet the following requirements:

• CPU must have AESNI capability.
• CPU must have 1 GB Huge Page support.

Thanks

[Jean_Intel]

Hello ChohKoon,

Thank you for posting on the Intel️® communities.  

 We will move your question to the correct sub forum, the team in charge will get back to you soon.

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Jean O.  

Intel Customer Support Technician

[SergioS_Intel]

Hello ChohKoon,

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

We understand that you need would like to know if your Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2660 will support GB Huge Pages Sizes.

I will be more than glad to help you today.

Can you please provide us the link of the full requirement for the NSX Edge VM? 

Also, are you planning to use another processor besides the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2660?

We will be looking forward to your updates.

Best regards,

Sergio S.

Intel Customer Support Technician

For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit :https://intel.com/support/serverbios 

[ChohKoon]

Here the link.

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-T-Data-Center/3.2/installation/GUID-22F87CA8-01A9-4F2E-B7DB-9350CA60EA4E.html#:~:text=NSX%20Edge%20VM%20Resource%20Requirements&text=Suitable%20when%20only%20L2%20through,example%2C%20SSL%20offload%20is%20required.

CPU I had now is dual  Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2660 (v0)

I have no plan to upgrade the CPU , as HP Z620  only support  version 0  E5-26xxx CPU. 

I just need to know this CPU support 1G page , and list of CPU that support it.

So I can get the right CPU in future.

[SergioS_Intel]

Hello ChohKoon,

Thank you for the additional information, please allow us to make some addtional research and we will get back to you.

Best regards,

Sergio S.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[SergioS_Intel · Accepted solution]

Hello ChohKoon,

 Thank you for waiting for our updates, as per this site on page 16, the E5- 2600/E5-4600 v2 does support 1 GB large page for server applications:

 https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/xeon-e5-v2-datasheet-vol-1.pdf

Can you please clarify if this is the model of the processor that you are referring to? If not, please provide us the exact model of the processor.

Looking forward to your updates.

Best regards,

Sergio S.

Intel Customer Support Technician

For firmware updates and troubleshooting tips, visit :https://intel.com/support/serverbios

[ChohKoon]

Question answered with provide document, problem resolved.

Thanks.

[SergioS_Intel]

Hello ChohKoon,

We are following your thread. Please let us know if the information provided was useful or if you need further assistance.

Looking forward to your updates.  

Best regards,

Sergio S.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[SergioS_Intel]

Hello ChohKoon,

Thank you for having contacted Intel Customer Support.

We are following up further on this case, which is still open with a "Xeon E5-2660v0 Support 1GB Huge Pages Size

" on the problem description.

We know that this is important for you to get it resolved, and it is also equally important for us to get you the right solution. Since we have not seen an update for a week, now, please, know we will get in contact with you next Friday to inform you that the thread will be closed; this is if there is still no answer from your side, by then.

Looking forward for your updates.

[Victor_G_Intel]

Hello ChohKoon,

Thank you for your response.

We are glad to know that you found the information provided helpful. We will proceed to close the thread; however, feel free to contact us back at any time by submitting a new question.

Best regards,

Victor G. 

Intel Technical Support Technician