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  • 1.  DIFFERENT CPU HOSTS CLUSTER

    Posted Apr 06, 2022 08:32 AM

    Hi, 

    I have a cluster with 4 hosts. Each host has 4 CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 Processor. 

    Now im planning to add 4 more hosts to cluster. Each host has 4 CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6348h. 

    Is it possible to do cluster with these 8 hosts? 

    My vCenter version is 7.0

     

     

     

     

     

     



  • 2.  RE: DIFFERENT CPU HOSTS CLUSTER

    Posted Apr 06, 2022 08:39 AM

     

    We have a lab with in different servers (all other CPU, RAM) no issue known, all inside of one cluster.



  • 3.  RE: DIFFERENT CPU HOSTS CLUSTER

    Posted Apr 06, 2022 08:55 AM

    If the two CPUs are not from the same generation with the same instruction-set, you need to activate EVC.   

    With “VMware Compatibility Guide” you can check it and eventually find out what EVC baseline you have to choose.

    Activating the EVC on a productive Cluster can be challenging. You have to create a new cluster and the move the resources.