DUAL CPU - How can I check if everything working correctly?

[bally12345]

So I picked up Supermicro Server, had a few issues with the SAS controller but that has now been repalced and server is now running.

 

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Model: N/A

M/B: Supermicro - X8DT3

CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU E5645 @ 2.40GHz

HVM: Enabled

IOMMU: Disabled

Cache: 384 kB, 1536 kB, 12288 kB

Memory: 24 GB Multi-bit ECC (max. installable capacity 384 GB)

Network: eth0: 100 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
 eth1: not connected

Kernel: Linux 4.18.15-unRAID x86_64

OpenSSL: 1.1.0i

Uptime: 0 days, 01:35:37

Dashboard is showing 12 cores which is correct as its 6 core per cpu, do I need to do any additional configuration to make use of both cpus or will it all be pretty much automatic?

 

My main use case is Plex server with the usual bunch of containers which are all on another machine at the moment. But would like to run a Win10 VM just for and get rid of the extra desktop I am using.

 

Any advice or tips would be great. Especiallly if anything in BIOS needs to be tweaked as its all standard at the moment.

[DanielCoffey]

Have a look at some of SpaceInvaderOne's youtube videos as he goes into how to set up a server and get the best out of dockers and VMs. Some of his videos are for earlier versions of unRAID but the gist of it should be the same. He loves his multi-core monsters too.

[dukiethecorgi]

Does dashboard show 24 cpu's?  Make sure hyperthreading is turned on.  Here's what my dual x5680 looks like:

 

 

Your network is showing at 100 Mb/s, that should be 1000 Mb/s. Check your network settings, 100 Mb/s will be a huge performance hit. 

Install the IPMI plugin, it's handy.