Although this thread belongs to someone else, but a solution may apply for others too.
[root@rocks7 ~]# lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 32 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-31 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 8 Socket(s): 2 NUMA node(s): 4 Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD CPU family: 21 Model: 2 Model name: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6380 Stepping: 0 CPU MHz: 1400.000 CPU max MHz: 2500.0000 CPU min MHz: 1400.0000 BogoMIPS: 4999.86 Virtualization: AMD-V L1d cache: 16K L1i cache: 64K L2 cache: 2048K L3 cache: 6144K NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7 NUMA node1 CPU(s): 8-15 NUMA node2 CPU(s): 16-23 NUMA node3 CPU(s): 24-31 Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid amd_dcm aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb cpb hw_pstate bmi1 arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold [root@rocks7 ~]# slurmd -C NodeName=rocks7 slurmd: Considering each NUMA node as a socket CPUs=32 Boards=1 SocketsPerBoard=4 CoresPerSocket=8 ThreadsPerCore=1 RealMemory=64261 UpTime=23-00:51:17 [root@rocks7 ~]# lstopo bash: lstopo: command not found... [root@rocks7 ~]# scontrol show node rocks7 NodeName=rocks7 Arch=x86_64 CoresPerSocket=1 CPUAlloc=0 CPUErr=0 CPUTot=1 CPULoad=0.03 AvailableFeatures=(null) ActiveFeatures=(null) Gres=(null) NodeAddr=10.1.1.1 NodeHostName=rocks7 Version=17.11 OS=Linux 3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 20 20:32:50 UTC 2017 RealMemory=64261 AllocMem=0 FreeMem=11102 Sockets=1 Boards=1 State=IDLE+DRAIN ThreadsPerCore=1 TmpDisk=281775 Weight=1 Owner=N/A MCS_label=N/A Partitions=WHEEL,EMERALD BootTime=2018-04-13T13:05:00 SlurmdStartTime=2018-04-13T13:05:17 CfgTRES=cpu=1,mem=64261M,billing=1 AllocTRES= CapWatts=n/a CurrentWatts=0 LowestJoules=0 ConsumedJoules=0 ExtSensorsJoules=n/s ExtSensorsWatts=0 ExtSensorsTemp=n/s Reason=Low socket*core*thread count, Low CPUs [root@2018-05-05T21:49:45] I also have noticed that State returned back to IDLE+DRAIN ! I am guessing to set Sockets to 32!! Regards, Mahmood On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Werner Saar <werns...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > what is the output of the command: > > slurmd -C rocks7 > > > Best regards > > Werner > >