Does installing more CPUs (Intel) than indicated by "Max CPU Configuration" prevent all cores from being used?

Question

I am looking at a server that has 4 physical processors, the Intel documentation indicates they are 6 core processors but this WMI query

WMIC CPU Get NumberOfCores, NumberOfLogicalProcessors /Format:List

yields the following

NumberOfCores=4
NumberOfLogicalProcessors=4

The product documentation indicates that the MAX CPU Configuration = 2

Windows Server 2008 R2, Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 @ 2.5GHz, 32 GB Ram. Not sure of the make and model of the physical server. — cmsjr, Mar 01 '14 at 20:18
I assume it's the Standard Edition, not the Enterprise Edition? — pepoluan, Mar 02 '14 at 06:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '15 at 22:10

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I believe the "Max CPU Configuration" is meant to say that the CPU can be configured two work with X other physical CPU's on your motherboard.

Not having to do with how many cores of one physical CPU you can have configured to run.

answered Jan 10 '15 at 22:10

DebugXYZ

funny story, it was a virtual relaying the host's information. Thanks for the answer though. – cmsjr Jan 23 '15 at 06:32

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