Minimum supported kernel for RHEL 7.3 with the Intel Xeon E5-8xxx (Skylake-SP "Purley") CPUs in a 4 socket system

Solution In Progress - Updated 2017-07-11T20:42:05+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
• Intel Xeon E5-8xxx (Skylake-SP "Purley") CPUs in a 4 socket configuration

Issue

• Minimum supported kernel for RHEL 7.3 with the Intel Xeon E5-8xxx (Skylake-SP "Purley") CPUs in a 4 socket system

Resolution

Errata kernel-3.10.0-514.6.1.el7 from RHSA-2017:0086 adds formal support for the 4-socket configuration of the Xeon E5-8xxx.

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