[OpenIndiana-discuss] about VT-x or AMD-v on HP-wx8600 workstation

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

Hello there,

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01316837

My research points me to the BIOS setup screen (F10 on boot), choosing
Security, OS Security, Intel Virtualization instructions.

My only other thought on why you can't find the option is that the CPU
might not support VT-x instructions.

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- Alex Smith
- Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area)

On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> I've been running openindiana on an HP xw8600 for some time.  It has
> the most recent (2012) BIOS version published (most recent far as I
> know, after googling a bit).  (If this is wrong please let me know)
>
>  NOTE: BIOS Configuration: Hewlett-Packard 786F5 v01.46 09/20/2012
>
> With Virtualbox, since somewhere like late 3.x series or maybe
> 4.x...series I've been unable to create 64 bit guests.  Getting the
> error that VT-x is not turned in my bios. (With Earlier versions of
> vbox I did not have that problem).
>
> I've searched those bios repeatedly and never did find such a setting.
> So just went along for more than a year or so thinking it just didn't
> have the capability.
>
>
> Now I've gotten my hands on another HP xw8600 that has a BIOS version
> even earlier ... (2008) than the first one.  But this one is fully
> capable of creating 64 bit guests.
>
>   NOTE: BIOS Version/Date       Hewlett-Packard 786F5 v01.27, 8/8/2008
>
> So, now I'm thinking I must just not be finding this setting.  Surely
> if a 2008 bios has this capability it seems very likely that the 2012
> v01.46 version would too.  But still not finding such a setting.
>
> It should be noted that the first HP xw8600 with the 2012 version
> v01.46 of BIOS is running openindiana, and the 2nd HP xw8600 with the
> 2008 v01.27 bios is running windows 10.
>
> Not really sure if that makes a difference.
>
> I really hoped there would be someone here familiar with these HP
> xw8600 workstations.  And would know if;
>        BIOS Configuration: Hewlett-Packard 786F5 v01.46 09/20/2012
>
> Has a VT-x setting or not
>
> Can anyone set me straight on this?
>
>
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