BIOS settings:
Workload Profile = HPC
KTI Prefetch = Enable
Stale AtoS = Disable
LLC Dead Line Alloc = Disable
Sysinfo program /home/cpu2026/bin/sysinfo
Rev: 779ab21020787073335a329f3a45e2cd
running on Sat May 9 06:48:43 2026
SUT (System Under Test) info as seen by some common utilities.
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Table of contents
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1. uname -srvm
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 (252-55.el9)
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 -srvm
Linux 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Oct 17 14:16:35 EDT 2025 x86_64
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2. w
06:48:43 up 16:14, 1 user, load average: 32.36, 183.17, 245.87
USER TTY LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
root tty1 Fri14 13:24m 1.76s 0.00s -bash
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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) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 4640255
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64
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) 4640255
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
-bash
runcpu --nobuild --reportable --action validate --define default-platform-flags -c
ic2026.0-clearwaterforest-cpu2026-1.0.1-speed-20260429.cfg --threads 288 --define cores=288 --tune
base,peak -o all --define intspeedaffinity --define smt-on --define drop_caches intspeed
runcpu --nobuild --reportable --action validate --define default-platform-flags --configfile
ic2026.0-clearwaterforest-cpu2026-1.0.1-speed-20260429.cfg --threads 288 --define cores=288 --tune
base,peak --output_format all --define intspeedaffinity --define smt-on --define drop_caches --nopower
--runmode speed --tune base:peak --size refspeed intspeed --nopreenv --note-preenv --logfile
$SPEC/tmp/CPU2026.003/templogs/preenv.intspeed.003.0.log --lognum 003.0 --from_runcpu 2
specperl $SPEC/bin/sysinfo
$SPEC = /home/cpu2026
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6. /proc/cpuinfo
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6990E+
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 221
stepping : 1
microcode : 0x1000120
bugs : spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass swapgs bhi spectre_v2_user
cpu cores : 288
siblings : 288
1 physical ids (chips)
288 processors (hardware threads)
physical id 0: core ids 0-95,128-223,256-351
physical id 0: apicids
0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58,60,62,64,66,68,70,72
,74,76,78,80,82,84,86,88,90,92,94,96,98,100,102,104,106,108,110,112,114,116,118,120,122,124,126,128,130,1
32,134,136,138,140,142,144,146,148,150,152,154,156,158,160,162,164,166,168,170,172,174,176,178,180,182,18
4,186,188,190,256,258,260,262,264,266,268,270,272,274,276,278,280,282,284,286,288,290,292,294,296,298,300
,302,304,306,308,310,312,314,316,318,320,322,324,326,328,330,332,334,336,338,340,342,344,346,348,350,352,
354,356,358,360,362,364,366,368,370,372,374,376,378,380,382,384,386,388,390,392,394,396,398,400,402,404,4
06,408,410,412,414,416,418,420,422,424,426,428,430,432,434,436,438,440,442,444,446,512,514,516,518,520,52
2,524,526,528,530,532,534,536,538,540,542,544,546,548,550,552,554,556,558,560,562,564,566,568,570,572,574
,576,578,580,582,584,586,588,590,592,594,596,598,600,602,604,606,608,610,612,614,616,618,620,622,624,626,
628,630,632,634,636,638,640,642,644,646,648,650,652,654,656,658,660,662,664,666,668,670,672,674,676,678,6
80,682,684,686,688,690,692,694,696,698,700,702
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: 52 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 288
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-287
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
BIOS Vendor ID: Intel(R) Corporation
Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6990E+
BIOS Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6990E+
CPU family: 6
Model: 221
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 288
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 1
BogoMIPS: 4400.00
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 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 intel_ppin
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 rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb
intel_pt sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc
cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local split_lock_detect
user_shstk avx_vnni lam wbnoinvd dtherm ida arat pln pts vnmi umip
pku ospke waitpkg gfni vaes vpclmulqdq tme rdpid bus_lock_detect
cldemote movdiri movdir64b enqcmd fsrm md_clear serialize pconfig
arch_lbr ibt flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 9 MiB (288 instances)
L1i cache: 18 MiB (288 instances)
L2 cache: 288 MiB (72 instances)
L3 cache: 576 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA node(s): 3
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-95
NUMA node1 CPU(s): 96-191
NUMA node2 CPU(s): 192-287
Vulnerability Gather data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Indirect target selection: 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;
PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected; BHI BHI_DIS_S
Vulnerability Srbds: Not affected
Vulnerability Tsa: 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 32K 9M 8 Data 1 64 1 64
L1i 64K 18M 8 Instruction 1 128 1 64
L2 4M 288M 16 Unified 2 4096 1 64
L3 576M 576M 16 Unified 3 589824 1 64
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8. numactl --hardware
NOTE: a numactl 'node' might or might not correspond to a physical chip.
available: 3 nodes (0-2)
node 0 cpus: 0-95
node 0 size: 386086 MB
node 0 free: 377195 MB
node 1 cpus: 96-191
node 1 size: 387047 MB
node 1 free: 379056 MB
node 2 cpus: 192-287
node 2 size: 386975 MB
node 2 free: 350421 MB
node distances:
node 0 1 2
0: 10 15 17
1: 15 10 15
2: 17 15 10
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9. /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 1187952444 kB
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10. who -r
run-level 3 May 8 14:34
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11. Systemd service manager version: systemd 252 (252-55.el9)
Default Target Status
multi-user running
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12. Services, from systemctl list-unit-files
STATE UNIT FILES
enabled NetworkManager NetworkManager-dispatcher NetworkManager-wait-online atd auditd bluetooth
chronyd crond dbus-broker firewalld getty@ insights-client-boot irqbalance iscsi-onboot
iscsi-starter kdump libstoragemgmt lvm2-monitor mcelog mdmonitor microcode multipathd
nis-domainname nvmefc-boot-connections rhsmcertd rsyslog selinux-autorelabel-mark smartd
sshd sssd systemd-boot-update systemd-network-generator systemd-pstore tas tuned udisks2
enabled-runtime systemd-remount-fs
disabled arp-ethers blk-availability chrony-wait chronyd-restricted cni-dhcp console-getty cpupower
debug-shell dnf-system-upgrade 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 podman podman-auto-update
podman-clean-transient podman-kube@ podman-restart psacct rdisc rhcd rhsm rhsm-facts
rpmdb-rebuild selinux-check-proper-disable serial-getty@ sshd-keygen@
systemd-boot-check-no-failures systemd-sysext
indirect iscsi 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=(hd1,gpt2)/vmlinuz-5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.x86_64
root=/dev/mapper/rhel_135--171--45-root
ro
crashkernel=1G-2G:192M,2G-64G:256M,64G-:512M
resume=/dev/mapper/rhel_135--171--45-swap
rd.lvm.lv=rhel_135-171-45/root
rd.lvm.lv=rhel_135-171-45/swap
rhgb
quiet
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14. cpupower frequency-info
analyzing CPU 51:
Unable to determine current policy
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 9.7 (Plow)
redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.7 (Plow)
system-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.7 (Plow)
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20. Disk information
SPEC is set to: /home/cpu2026
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/rhel_135--171--45-home xfs 344G 31G 314G 9% /home
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21. /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id
Vendor: PM_1768968004
Product: PPM_1768968004
Product Family: SMC B14
Serial: PS_1768968004
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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:
12x SK Hynix HMCGM4AMBRB970N 96 GB 2 rank 8000
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23. BIOS
(This section combines info from /sys/devices and dmidecode.)
BIOS Vendor: American Megatrends International, LLC.
BIOS Version: 1.5
BIOS Date: 04/22/2026
BIOS Revision: 5.35
