BIOS Settings:
DCU Streamer Prefetcher : Disabled
Sub NUMA Cluster : 2-Way Clustering
UMA Based Clustering Status : Disable
Dead Line LLC Alloc : Disabled
Optimizer Mode : Enabled
System Profile : Custom
CPU Power Management : Maximum Performance
C1E : Disabled
C-States : Autonomous
Memory Patrol Scrub : Disabled
Energy Efficient Policy : Performance
PCI ASPM L1 Link Power Management : Disabled
DIMM Self Healing -
on Uncorrectable Memory Error : Disabled
Sysinfo program /mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.1.9-ic2024.1/bin/sysinfo
Rev: r6732 of 2022-11-07 fe91c89b7ed5c36ae2c92cc097bec197
running on SLR9601-R960 Thu Oct 23 14:46:48 2025
SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
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Table of contents
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1. uname -a
2. w
3. Username
4. ulimit -a
5. sysinfo process ancestry
6. /proc/cpuinfo
7. lscpu
8. numactl --hardware
9. /proc/meminfo
10. who -r
11. Systemd service manager version: systemd 252 (252-46.el9_5.3)
12. Services, from systemctl list-unit-files
13. Linux kernel boot-time arguments, from /proc/cmdline
14. cpupower frequency-info
15. tuned-adm active
16. sysctl
17. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage
18. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged
19. OS release
20. Disk information
21. /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
22. dmidecode
23. BIOS
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1. uname -a
Linux SLR9601-R960 5.14.0-503.38.1.el9_5.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Apr 13 22:01:49 EDT 2025 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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2. w
14:46:48 up 4:09, 1 user, load average: 166.72, 233.03, 245.39
USER TTY LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root tty1 10:37 3:59m 0.99s 0.01s /bin/bash /home/DellFiles/bin/Intel/dell-run-speccpu.sh
rate --define DL-VERS=6.3b --output_format html,pdf,txt
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3. Username
From environment variable $USER: root
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4. ulimit -a
real-time non-blocking time (microseconds, -R) unlimited
core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 4123622
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 8192
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) unlimited
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 4123622
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited
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5. sysinfo process ancestry
/usr/lib/systemd/systemd rhgb --switched-root --system --deserialize 31
login -- root
-bash
/bin/bash /home/DellFiles/bin/DELL_rate.sh
/bin/bash /home/DellFiles/bin/dell-run-main.sh rate
/bin/bash /home/DellFiles/bin/dell-run-main.sh rate
/bin/bash /home/DellFiles/bin/Intel/dell-run-speccpu.sh rate --define DL-VERS=6.3b --output_format
html,pdf,txt
/bin/bash /home/DellFiles/bin/Intel/dell-run-speccpu.sh rate --define DL-VERS=6.3b --output_format
html,pdf,txt
runcpu --nobuild --action validate --define default-platform-flags --define numcopies=256 -c
ic2024.1-lin-sapphirerapids-rate-20240308.cfg --define smt-on --define cores=128 --define physicalfirst
--define invoke_with_interleave --define drop_caches --tune base,peak -o all --iterations 2 --define
DL-VERS=6.3b --output_format html,pdf,txt fprate
runcpu --nobuild --action validate --define default-platform-flags --define numcopies=256 --configfile
ic2024.1-lin-sapphirerapids-rate-20240308.cfg --define smt-on --define cores=128 --define physicalfirst
--define invoke_with_interleave --define drop_caches --tune base,peak --output_format all --iterations 2
--define DL-VERS=6.3b --output_format html,pdf,txt --nopower --runmode rate --tune base:peak --size
refrate fprate --nopreenv --note-preenv --logfile $SPEC/tmp/CPU2017.002/templogs/preenv.fprate.002.0.log
--lognum 002.0 --from_runcpu 2
specperl $SPEC/bin/sysinfo
$SPEC = /mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.1.9-ic2024.1
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6. /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448H
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 143
stepping : 7
microcode : 0x2b000643
bugs : spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass swapgs eibrs_pbrsb bhi
cpu cores : 32
siblings : 64
4 physical ids (chips)
256 processors (hardware threads)
physical id 0: core ids 0-31
physical id 1: core ids 0-31
physical id 2: core ids 0-31
physical id 3: core ids 0-31
physical id 0: apicids 0-63
physical id 1: apicids 128-191
physical id 2: apicids 256-319
physical id 3: apicids 384-447
Caution: /proc/cpuinfo data regarding chips, cores, and threads is not necessarily reliable, especially for
virtualized systems. Use the above data carefully.
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7. lscpu
From lscpu from util-linux 2.37.4:
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 46 bits physical, 57 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 256
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-255
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
BIOS Vendor ID: Intel
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448H
BIOS Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6448H
CPU family: 6
Model: 143
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 32
Socket(s): 4
Stepping: 7
CPU(s) scaling MHz: 100%
CPU max MHz: 4100.0000
CPU min MHz: 800.0000
BogoMIPS: 4800.00
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx
pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good
nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf tsc_known_freq pni
pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16
xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt
tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm
3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb cat_l3 cat_l2 cdp_l3 cdp_l2 ssbd mba
ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced tpr_shadow flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad
fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a
avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt clwb intel_pt
avx512cd sha_ni avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves
cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local split_lock_detect
avx_vnni avx512_bf16 wbnoinvd dtherm ida arat pln pts hfi vnmi
avx512vbmi umip pku ospke waitpkg avx512_vbmi2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq
avx512_vnni avx512_bitalg tme avx512_vpopcntdq la57 rdpid
bus_lock_detect cldemote movdiri movdir64b enqcmd fsrm md_clear
serialize tsxldtrk pconfig arch_lbr ibt amx_bf16 avx512_fp16 amx_tile
amx_int8 flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 6 MiB (128 instances)
L1i cache: 4 MiB (128 instances)
L2 cache: 256 MiB (128 instances)
L3 cache: 240 MiB (4 instances)
NUMA node(s): 8
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0,8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64,72,80,88,96,104,112,120,128,136,144,152,160,
168,176,184,192,200,208,216,224,232,240,248
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 4,12,20,28,36,44,52,60,68,76,84,92,100,108,116,124,132,140,148,156,16
4,172,180,188,196,204,212,220,228,236,244,252
NUMA node2 CPU(s): 1,9,17,25,33,41,49,57,65,73,81,89,97,105,113,121,129,137,145,153,161,
169,177,185,193,201,209,217,225,233,241,249
NUMA node3 CPU(s): 5,13,21,29,37,45,53,61,69,77,85,93,101,109,117,125,133,141,149,157,16
5,173,181,189,197,205,213,221,229,237,245,253
NUMA node4 CPU(s): 2,10,18,26,34,42,50,58,66,74,82,90,98,106,114,122,130,138,146,154,162
,170,178,186,194,202,210,218,226,234,242,250
NUMA node5 CPU(s): 6,14,22,30,38,46,54,62,70,78,86,94,102,110,118,126,134,142,150,158,16
6,174,182,190,198,206,214,222,230,238,246,254
NUMA node6 CPU(s): 3,11,19,27,35,43,51,59,67,75,83,91,99,107,115,123,131,139,147,155,163
,171,179,187,195,203,211,219,227,235,243,251
NUMA node7 CPU(s): 7,15,23,31,39,47,55,63,71,79,87,95,103,111,119,127,135,143,151,159,16
7,175,183,191,199,207,215,223,231,239,247,255
Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Itlb multihit: Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf: Not affected
Vulnerability Mds: Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown: Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data: Not affected
Vulnerability Reg file data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Retbleed: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Vulnerability Spec store bypass: Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Vulnerability Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2: Mitigation; Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB conditional; RSB filling;
PBRSB-eIBRS SW sequence; BHI BHI_DIS_S
Vulnerability Srbds: Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort: Not affected
From lscpu --cache:
NAME ONE-SIZE ALL-SIZE WAYS TYPE LEVEL SETS PHY-LINE COHERENCY-SIZE
L1d 48K 6M 12 Data 1 64 1 64
L1i 32K 4M 8 Instruction 1 64 1 64
L2 2M 256M 16 Unified 2 2048 1 64
L3 60M 240M 15 Unified 3 65536 1 64
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8. numactl --hardware
NOTE: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a physical chip.
available: 8 nodes (0-7)
node 0 cpus:
0,8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64,72,80,88,96,104,112,120,128,136,144,152,160,168,176,184,192,200,208,216,224,232,24
0,248
node 0 size: 127956 MB
node 0 free: 126263 MB
node 1 cpus:
4,12,20,28,36,44,52,60,68,76,84,92,100,108,116,124,132,140,148,156,164,172,180,188,196,204,212,220,228,236,
244,252
node 1 size: 129015 MB
node 1 free: 127502 MB
node 2 cpus:
1,9,17,25,33,41,49,57,65,73,81,89,97,105,113,121,129,137,145,153,161,169,177,185,193,201,209,217,225,233,24
1,249
node 2 size: 129015 MB
node 2 free: 127371 MB
node 3 cpus:
5,13,21,29,37,45,53,61,69,77,85,93,101,109,117,125,133,141,149,157,165,173,181,189,197,205,213,221,229,237,
245,253
node 3 size: 128972 MB
node 3 free: 127293 MB
node 4 cpus:
2,10,18,26,34,42,50,58,66,74,82,90,98,106,114,122,130,138,146,154,162,170,178,186,194,202,210,218,226,234,2
42,250
node 4 size: 129015 MB
node 4 free: 127346 MB
node 5 cpus:
6,14,22,30,38,46,54,62,70,78,86,94,102,110,118,126,134,142,150,158,166,174,182,190,198,206,214,222,230,238,
246,254
node 5 size: 129015 MB
node 5 free: 127502 MB
node 6 cpus:
3,11,19,27,35,43,51,59,67,75,83,91,99,107,115,123,131,139,147,155,163,171,179,187,195,203,211,219,227,235,2
43,251
node 6 size: 129015 MB
node 6 free: 117178 MB
node 7 cpus:
7,15,23,31,39,47,55,63,71,79,87,95,103,111,119,127,135,143,151,159,167,175,183,191,199,207,215,223,231,239,
247,255
node 7 size: 129000 MB
node 7 free: 127334 MB
node distances:
node 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0: 10 12 21 21 21 21 21 21
1: 12 10 21 21 21 21 21 21
2: 21 21 10 12 21 21 21 21
3: 21 21 12 10 21 21 21 21
4: 21 21 21 21 10 12 21 21
5: 21 21 21 21 12 10 21 21
6: 21 21 21 21 21 21 10 12
7: 21 21 21 21 21 21 12 10
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9. /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 1055751940 kB
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10. who -r
run-level 3 Oct 23 10:37
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11. Systemd service manager version: systemd 252 (252-46.el9_5.3)
Default Target Status
multi-user running
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12. Services, from systemctl list-unit-files
STATE UNIT FILES
enabled ModemManager NetworkManager NetworkManager-dispatcher NetworkManager-wait-online
accounts-daemon atd auditd avahi-daemon bluetooth chronyd crond dbus-broker firewalld gdm
getty@ insights-client-boot irqbalance iscsi iscsi-onboot iscsi-starter kdump
libstoragemgmt low-memory-monitor lvm2-monitor mcelog mdmonitor microcode multipathd
nis-domainname nvmefc-boot-connections ostree-remount power-profiles-daemon
qemu-guest-agent rhsmcertd rsyslog rtkit-daemon selinux-autorelabel-mark smartd sshd sssd
switcheroo-control systemd-boot-update systemd-network-generator tuned udisks2 upower
vgauthd vmtoolsd
enabled-runtime systemd-remount-fs
disabled arp-ethers blk-availability brltty canberra-system-bootup canberra-system-shutdown
canberra-system-shutdown-reboot chrony-wait chronyd-restricted cni-dhcp console-getty
cpupower cups cups-browsed dbus-daemon debug-shell dnf-system-upgrade dnsmasq iprdump
iprinit iprupdate iscsi-init iscsid iscsiuio kpatch kvm_stat ledmon lvm-devices-import
man-db-restart-cache-update netavark-dhcp-proxy netavark-firewalld-reload nftables
nvmf-autoconnect ostree-readonly-sysroot-migration ostree-state-overlay@ podman
podman-auto-update podman-clean-transient podman-kube@ podman-restart psacct ras-mc-ctl
rasdaemon rdisc rhcd rhsm rhsm-facts rpmdb-rebuild selinux-check-proper-disable
serial-getty@ speech-dispatcherd sshd-keygen@ systemd-boot-check-no-failures
systemd-pstore systemd-sysext wpa_supplicant
indirect spice-vdagentd sssd-autofs sssd-kcm sssd-nss sssd-pac sssd-pam sssd-ssh sssd-sudo
systemd-sysupdate systemd-sysupdate-reboot
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13. Linux kernel boot-time arguments, from /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,gpt2)/vmlinuz-5.14.0-503.38.1.el9_5.x86_64
root=/dev/mapper/rhel-root
ro
crashkernel=1G-4G:192M,4G-64G:256M,64G-:512M
resume=/dev/mapper/rhel-swap
rd.lvm.lv=rhel/root
rd.lvm.lv=rhel/swap
rhgb
quiet
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14. cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 162:
current policy: frequency should be within 4.10 GHz and 4.10 GHz.
The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use
within this range.
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: yes
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15. tuned-adm active
Current active profile: throughput-performance
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16. sysctl
kernel.numa_balancing 1
kernel.randomize_va_space 2
vm.compaction_proactiveness 20
vm.dirty_background_bytes 0
vm.dirty_background_ratio 10
vm.dirty_bytes 0
vm.dirty_expire_centisecs 3000
vm.dirty_ratio 40
vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs 500
vm.dirtytime_expire_seconds 43200
vm.extfrag_threshold 500
vm.min_unmapped_ratio 1
vm.nr_hugepages 0
vm.nr_hugepages_mempolicy 0
vm.nr_overcommit_hugepages 0
vm.swappiness 10
vm.watermark_boost_factor 15000
vm.watermark_scale_factor 10
vm.zone_reclaim_mode 0
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17. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage
defrag always defer defer+madvise [madvise] never
enabled [always] madvise never
hpage_pmd_size 2097152
shmem_enabled always within_size advise [never] deny force
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18. /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged
alloc_sleep_millisecs 60000
defrag 1
max_ptes_none 511
max_ptes_shared 256
max_ptes_swap 64
pages_to_scan 4096
scan_sleep_millisecs 10000
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19. OS release
From /etc/*-release /etc/*-version
os-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 (Plow)
redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.5 (Plow)
system-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.5 (Plow)
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20. Disk information
SPEC is set to: /mnt/ramdisk/cpu2017-1.1.9-ic2024.1
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs tmpfs 140G 5.0G 136G 4% /mnt/ramdisk
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21. /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
Vendor: Dell Inc.
Product: PowerEdge R960
Product Family: PowerEdge
Serial: SLR9601
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22. dmidecode
Additional information from dmidecode 3.6 follows. WARNING: Use caution when you interpret this section.
The 'dmidecode' program reads system data which is "intended to allow hardware to be accurately
determined", but the intent may not be met, as there are frequent changes to hardware, firmware, and the
"DMTF SMBIOS" standard.
Memory:
21x 00AD063200AD HMCG88AGBRA188N 32 GB 2 rank 5600, configured at 4800
11x 00AD063200AD HMCG88AGBRA190N 32 GB 2 rank 5600, configured at 4800
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23. BIOS
(This section combines info from /sys/devices and dmidecode.)
BIOS Vendor: Dell Inc.
BIOS Version: 2.7.5
BIOS Date: 07/31/2025
BIOS Revision: 2.7
