Problem
CHARON cannot correctly define the total number of available CPUs on multi CPU groups systems (NUMA architecture, etc) - it reports only a number of CPUs found in its first group.
Affected Charon products: Charon-AXP & -VAX all versions for Windows
Solution
Enable "Node interleaving" from the BIOS (if available) to make the BIOS report the total number of available CPUs (as a part of one consolidated NUMA group) to the operating system.
For example, on HP Proliant servers, the configuration sequence looks like the following:
- Boot the server, press F9 and enter BIOS setup.
- Select "Advanced Options" → "Advance Performance Tuning Options" → "Node Interleaving", set it to "Enabled".
- Boot Windows.
Depending on the server, a G9 server for example, this setting can be found in: "Performance Options" → "Advanced performance options" → "Node interleaving"
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