Processors

[george89]

I was wondering if someone here could help as Dell's technical support isn't very knowledgeable. I own a Dell PowerEdgeR6415 running an AMD EPYC 7401P processor. I wanted to know if I could upgrade to a EPYC 7443P processor. Does anyone know if the 3rd gen EPYC is compatible with this server?

[elstaci]

Your question will be best posted at AMD Forum's SERVER GURUS forum which is for all Server type hardware and software like EPYC processors from here: https://community.amd.com/t5/server-gurus/ct-p/amd-server-gurus

You can also open a AMD Service Request (AMD SUPPORT) ticket and ask them for their suggestion from here: https://www.amd.com/en/support/contact-email-form

EDIT: Found from Dell Knowledge base for your Server Rack concerning EPYC processors. Not much help though: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000179279/dell-poweredge-user-guide-for-amd-epyc-7000-serie...

4. How to find the AMD EPYC resources directly

EPYC Resources are available on the following website:  https://developer.amd.com/resources/epyc-resources/

A repository of all EPYC technical documentation is listed:

• Tools, SDKs, and Libraries
• EPYC Reference Architectures
• Solution Briefs
• Specifications and Manuals
• Tuning Guides
• Ecosystem (OS and Hypervisor)

There is also a community dedicated to AMD servers at https://community.amd.com/community/server-gurus.
You will find discussions and support around EPYC processors:

• Important configuration
• Tuning recommendations
• Troubleshooting information

Existing AMD EPYC public technical documentation can be found in the following locations:

• Performance Tuning Guides https://developer.amd.com/resources/epyc-resources/epyc-white-papers/
  • Linux® Network Tuning Guide for AMD EPYC™ ProcessorBased Servers
  • NVMe Performance Testing and Optimization
  • Java Application Performance Tuning for AMD EPYC Processors
  • Software Techniques for Managing Speculation on AMD Processors
• Reference Architectures https://developer.amd.com/resources/epyc-resources/epyc-reference-architectures/
  • AMD EPYC 7601 processorpowered servers and Apache Spark
  • VM density on a Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct solution powered by the AMD EPYC 7601 processor
  • Do more Apache Cassandra distributed database work with AMD EPYC 7601 processors
• Solution Briefs https://developer.amd.com/resources/epyc-resources/epyc-solution-briefs/
  • Multi-Chip Module Architecture: The Right Approach for Evolving Workloads 

[george89]

Thanks, will reach out to AMD support directly.