Which EVC mode need for cluster with Intel E5645 and E5-2630

[Dhakshinamoorth]

Hi All,

We have one HA cluster with four identical nodes with the following configuration.

Model=Fujitsu-Primergy RX200 S6

CPU=Intel Xeon E5645 @ 2.40GHz

Now, we need to add one host with CPU of Intel Xeon E5-2630 @ 2.30 GHz. I aware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility creates the baseline and suppress the new features compare than old one. But,when i enable EVC i can see there following EVC modes. Which mode i need to select for the mixed cluster with E5645 and E5-2630 Processors.

Intel® "Merom" Generation (Xeon® Core™2)

Intel® "Penryn" Generation (Xeon® 45nm Core™2)

Intel® "Nehalem" Generation (Xeon® Core™ i7)

Intel® "Westmere" Generation (Xeon® 32nm Core™ i7)

Intel® "Sandy Bridge" Generation

[RvdNieuwendijk]

You can find the EVC mode for a processor in the VMware Compatibility Guide. You should choose the highest EVC mode that is support by both processors. In this case it is the Intel® "Westmere" Generation EVC mode.

See for more information about EVC mode: Enhanced vMotion Compatibility (EVC) processor support.

[RAJ_RAJ]

Hi ,

Below are the details both are differnt modes .

Intel Xeon E56XX will come in Nehalem

Intel Xeon E5-2630 is in Sandy bridge 

Below is the chart ,

EVC	introduced	Baseline	µarch	aka.	CPU Series
L0	vSphere 4.0	Merom	Core	Conroe Tigerton Woodcrest Clovertown Kentsfield	30xx Series 32xx Series 51xx Series 53xx Series 72xx Series 73xx Series
L1		Penryn		Dunnington Harpertown Yorkfield Wolfdale	31xx Series 33xx Series 52xx Series 54xx Series 74xx Series
L2		Nehalem	Nehalem	Beckton Gainestown Bloomfield Lynnfield Clarksfield	34xx Lynnfield 35xx Series 55xx Series 65xx Series 75xx Series i3-2100 Series
L3	vSphere 4.1	Westmere		Gulftown Clarkdale Arrandale	i3/i5 Clarkdale 34xx Clarkdale 36xx Series 56xx Series E7-2800 Series E7-4800 Series E7-8800 Seriee Core i7-620LE
L4	vSphere 5.0	Sandy Bridge	Sandy Bridge		E3-1100 Series E3-1200 Series E5-1400 Series E5-1600 Series E5-2400 Series E5-2600 Series E5-4600 Series
L5	vSphere 5.1	Ivy Bridge			i3-3200 Series i7-3500-LE/UE Series i7-3600-QE Series Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series Xeon E7-8800-v2 Series Xeon E7-4800-v2 Series Xeon E7-2800-v2 Series
L6	vSphere 6.0	Haswell	Haswell		E3-1200-v3 Series E5-1400-v3 Series E5-1600-v3 Series E5-2400-v3 Series E5-2600-v3 Series i3-4300 Series i5-4500-TE Series i7-4700-EQ Series
L7	vSphere 6.5	Broadwell
		Skylake	Skylake