R410服务器升级CPU的问题

你好。

R410服务器在设计时只支持Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series的CPU，但是在后期更新了BIOS的版本来支持新的CPU：

What is New 
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* Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series B1 stepping microcode 0x1A.
* Intel Xeon processor 5500 Series D0 stepping microcode 0x19.

详细请看BIOS更新链接。
downloads.dell.com/.../PER410_BIOS%2001%2012%2000%20Release%20Notes.txt
注意的是，在肯定要升级CPU前请务必备份数据及更新BIOS的版本到最新版本。
新版本BIOS：
www.dell.com/.../DriversDetails;fileId=3285775736&osCode=WS8R2&productCode=poweredge-r410&languageCode=CT,EN&categoryId=BI

服务器本身就出厂就是e5620,不存在bios的问题.

现在主要的问题是是否支持x5680 x5690这些cpu .因为x系列的CPU能耗不一样.

E是标准功耗，X是高功耗，所以X系列CPU支持有限，最后更新的支持如下：

Dell released the following updates to the Dell™ PowerEdge R410 system:

Intel Westmere Processor

Dell will be updating the PowerEdge R410's processor line to include these CPUs:

BIOS Update

Dell will release a BIOS update version 1.5.1 for the R410 in Q4. Support for the following features is added with this update:

• BIOS support for the new Intel Westmere processors
• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) – TXT is a hardware extension of Intel's processor and chipset. It is designed to check the consistency of behavior of a system at boot time. Using a benchmark, TXT can detect if the launch time environment has been tampered with and it can aid in the detection of malware.
• Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) – The PCI-SIG has developed SR-IOV specification in response to the rapid growth of virtualization. A common issue in virtualization is how to share I/O devices such as NICs between virtual machines. Software emulation of I/O devices adds system overheard and may not take full advantage of the device's capabilities. Alternatively direct assignment of an I/O device limits access to the device to a single VM. SR-IOV devices are designed to be natively shareable between virtual machines.
• Single Bit Error (SBE) Threshold Change
• Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) – AHCI is Intel's host controller specification for Serial ATA. It defines a standard method for detecting, configuring, and programming SATA/AHCI adapters.