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How to test a mainboard and BIOS about Intel VT

AWERN4
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Hi

I bought a Lenovo TS150 70LV003KEA

http://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/ThinkServer_TS150?M=70LV003KEA http://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/ThinkServer_TS150?M=70LV003KEA

with Xeon E3-1225 v5.

The mainbaord has a chipset C236 from Intel and seems to be manufactured by Micro Star International (MSI). BIOS seems to be from AMI.

How to thoroughly know and test if not only the Xeon E3-1225 v5 but also board and BIOS really and fully support VT-x and VT-d? All kind of Intel Virtualization Technologies?

Is there a test suite from Intel somewhere available? What does Intel recommend?

There is no information available from Lenovo about VT-x and VT-d for Lenovo TS150 70LV003KEA. Nothing mentionned in specs etc. Support doesn't know.

The BIOS has no entries to enable/disable VT-x and VT-d.

Please provide a solution for testing all available Intel Virtualization Technologies on systems.

Thanks.

Rgds

AW

Appendix:

Sorry I am wrong.

BIOS has under CPU Setup entries for Intel VT and VT-d.

But it would be a favour to have a test for all these VT capabilities.

Thanks.

Nachricht geändert durch Andreas WERNER

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AlHill
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This is your processor: http://ark.intel.com/products/88168/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1225-v5-8M-Cache-3_30-GHz Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1225 v5 (8M Cache, 3.30 GHz) Product Specifications

Look under Advanced Technologies. There you will find that your processor supports VT-x and VT-d, and VT-x with EPT.

Doc

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idata
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Hello AndyWern,

Thank you for joining the Processor community.

I am really glad to hear you were able to find these settings in your BIOS configuration. In addition to what Doc mentioned, yes if you access http://ark.intel.com/products/88168/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1225-v5-8M-Cache-3_30-GHz Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1225 v5 (8M Cache, 3.30 GHz) Product Specifications. You will find the following;

You can also use the Intel® Processor Identification Utility to check for this information, find it here; https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/7838/Intel-Processor-Identification-Utility-Windows-Version Download Intel® Processor Identification Utility - Windows* Version

Hope this can bring some clarification to the subject.

Regards,

Amy.

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idata
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AndyWern, If you need further assistance let us know.

Regards,

Amy.

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