How does Red Hat calculate sockets for the 2013 Packaging Model?

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Calculating sockets in subscription-manager

`subscription-manager` reads procfs to obtained data about the hardware in a system.

You can query the data subscription-manager has obtained by using the facts option:

# subscription-manager facts | grep ^cpu
cpu.core(s)_per_socket: 4
cpu.cpu(s): 4
cpu.cpu_socket(s): 1
cpu.thread(s)_per_core: 1 

Based on this data we calculate the sockets in a system.

NOTE: Subscriptions are priced via only enabled processor sockets. For example, if you have a 4-socket system but only 2 sockets have processors installed and configured, you only require a subscription for the enabled 2 sockets.

If you would like to know more about the details available from procfs, then please review This content is not included.Figuring out CPUs and Sockets in the Community Discussion section of the Portal.

Product(s)

• Red Hat Network

Category

• Supportability

Components

• subscription-manager

Tags

• 2013_packaging

Article Type

• General