Hello CentOS Community, So I bought a NIC (using the Intel 82579V chipset) that supports Dual RX and TX queues , my goal with that is so iam able to see and use two IRQs in /proc/interrupts and hence be able to take advantage of 2 cores on my CPU. Instead I only see one IRQ being used, and hence only one CPU core.. Please see below. Advisement is appreciated! Alex -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAN support Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Controller http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-board-dh77eb.html [root at nodeA LabTests]# cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 CPU3 {...} 33: 180364 0 0 0 IR-PCI-MSI-edge eth0 DMESG: e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: (PCI Express:2.5GT/s:Width x1) 00:22:4d:9d:55:13 e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: MAC: 10, PHY: 11, PBA No: FFFFFF-0FF e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 33 for MSI/MSI-X e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 33 for MSI/MSI-X ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready eth0: no IPv6 routers present usb 1-1.5: USB disconnect, device number 3 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 33 for MSI/MSI-X e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 33 for MSI/MSI-X ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx/Tx e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready eth0: no IPv6 routers present Intel® 82579V