I am in the process of sourcing a second processor and wished to ensure that the two processors have the same stepping code.
I have found the info available on my system thus:-
alastair@localhost:~> sudo dmidecode --type processor
[sudo] password for root:
# dmidecode 3.2
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.8 present.
Handle 0x0044, DMI type 4, 42 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: CPU0
Type: Central Processor
Family: Xeon
Manufacturer: Intel(R) Corporation
ID: F2 06 03 00 FF FB EB BF
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 63, Stepping 2
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
VME (Virtual mode extension)
DE (Debugging extension)
PSE (Page size extension)
TSC (Time stamp counter)
MSR (Model specific registers)
PAE (Physical address extension)
MCE (Machine check exception)
CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported)
APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported)
SEP (Fast system call)
MTRR (Memory type range registers)
PGE (Page global enable)
MCA (Machine check architecture)
CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported)
PAT (Page attribute table)
PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension)
CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported)
DS (Debug store)
ACPI (ACPI supported)
MMX (MMX technology supported)
FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported)
SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions)
SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2)
SS (Self-snoop)
HTT (Multi-threading)
TM (Thermal monitor supported)
PBE (Pending break enabled)
Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v3 @ 2.40GHz
Voltage: 1.6 V
External Clock: 100 MHz
Max Speed: 4000 MHz
Current Speed: 2400 MHz
Status: Populated, Enabled
Upgrade: Socket LGA2011-3
L1 Cache Handle: 0x0041
L2 Cache Handle: 0x0042
L3 Cache Handle: 0x0043
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified
Core Count: 6
Core Enabled: 6
Thread Count: 12
Characteristics:
64-bit capable
Multi-Core
Hardware Thread
Execute Protection
Enhanced Virtualization
Power/Performance Control
Handle 0x0045, DMI type 4, 42 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: CPU1
Type: Central Processor
Family: Unknown
Manufacturer: Not Specified
ID: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Version: Not Specified
Voltage: Unknown
External Clock: Unknown
Max Speed: 4000 MHz
Current Speed: Unknown
Status: Unpopulated
Upgrade: Socket LGA2011-3
L1 Cache Handle: Not Provided
L2 Cache Handle: Not Provided
L3 Cache Handle: Not Provided
Serial Number: Not Specified
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: Not Specified
Characteristics: None
alastair@localhost:~>
However my supplier is telling me:-
Please make sure you have the same cpu stepping code as shown SR207
I cannot reconcile these data. Please can somebody advise.