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README.md

@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@ ISO repository.
 The legacy Dell OMSA installer is limited to supported PowerEdge x30/x40
 systems running Proxmox VE 9 on Debian 13 (Trixie), amd64.
 
-CPU compatibility detection previews cluster-wide QEMU VM and template
+CPU compatibility analysis compares every cluster host's physical processor,
-changes before applying the ProxCLMC recommendation through the Proxmox CLI.
+processor generation/family, and supported generic VM CPU baseline. It then previews
-Running VMs are not restarted automatically.
+QEMU VM and template changes before applying the highest baseline shared by
+all nodes through the Proxmox CLI. Running VMs are not restarted automatically.
 
 The native TAPM host configuration workflow replaces the former ProxMenux
 post-install dependency. It can audit a host, apply the recommended PVE 9

defaults.inc

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 action="${1:-}"
 FOLDER='/opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu'
-VERS='2026.7.28-10'
+VERS='2026.7.28-11'
 
 noupdate=' '
 

inc/cpu-compat.inc

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Parse the per-node rows printed by ProxCLMC. Fields are separated with an
+# ASCII unit separator so processor descriptions can safely contain spaces.
+TAPM_PROXCLMC_HOST_ROWS() {
+	awk -F '|' '
+function trim(value) {
+	gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", value)
+	return value
+}
+
+{
+	node = trim($1)
+	address = trim($2)
+	level = trim($3)
+
+	if (node ~ /^[[:alnum:]_.-]+$/ && level ~ /^x86-64-v(1|2-AES|3|4)$/) {
+		printf "%s\034%s\034%s\n", node, address, level
+	}
+}
+'
+}
+
+# Produce a conservative generation label from the processor name exposed by
+# Proxmox. Ambiguous products are described as a family instead of being given
+# a potentially incorrect codename.
+TAPM_CPU_GENERATION_FROM_NAME() {
+	local cpu_name="${1:-}"
+	local normalized
+	local generation=""
+	local model_number=""
+
+	normalized="$(printf '%s' "$cpu_name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+
+	if [[ "$normalized" =~ xeon.*e5-[[:digit:]]+[[:space:]]+v([1-4]) ]]; then
+		generation="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+		case "$generation" in
+			1) printf '%s\n' "Sandy Bridge-EP" ;;
+			2) printf '%s\n' "Ivy Bridge-EP" ;;
+			3) printf '%s\n' "Haswell-EP" ;;
+			4) printf '%s\n' "Broadwell-EP" ;;
+		esac
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$normalized" =~ xeon.*(bronze|silver|gold|platinum)[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]{4}) ]]; then
+		model_number="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+		generation="${model_number:1:1}"
+		case "$generation" in
+			1) printf '%s\n' "1st Gen Xeon Scalable (Skylake-SP)" ;;
+			2) printf '%s\n' "2nd Gen Xeon Scalable (Cascade Lake)" ;;
+			3) printf '%s\n' "3rd Gen Xeon Scalable (Ice Lake)" ;;
+			4) printf '%s\n' "4th Gen Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids)" ;;
+			5) printf '%s\n' "5th Gen Xeon Scalable (Emerald Rapids)" ;;
+			*) printf '%s\n' "Intel Xeon Scalable family" ;;
+		esac
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$normalized" =~ epyc[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]{4}) ]]; then
+		model_number="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+		generation="${model_number:3:1}"
+		case "$generation" in
+			1) printf '%s\n' "1st Gen EPYC (Naples / Zen)" ;;
+			2) printf '%s\n' "2nd Gen EPYC (Rome / Zen 2)" ;;
+			3) printf '%s\n' "3rd Gen EPYC (Milan / Zen 3)" ;;
+			4) printf '%s\n' "4th Gen EPYC (Zen 4 family)" ;;
+			5) printf '%s\n' "5th Gen EPYC (Zen 5 family)" ;;
+			*) printf '%s\n' "AMD EPYC family" ;;
+		esac
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$normalized" =~ core.*i[3579]-([[:digit:]]{4,5}) ]]; then
+		model_number="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+		if (( ${#model_number} == 4 )); then
+			generation="${model_number:0:1}"
+		else
+			generation="${model_number:0:2}"
+		fi
+		printf '%s\n' "Intel Core Gen ${generation}"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$normalized" =~ ryzen.*[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]{4,5}) ]]; then
+		model_number="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+		printf '%s\n' "AMD Ryzen ${model_number:0:1}000 family"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	case "$normalized" in
+		*intel*) printf '%s\n' "Intel generation unknown" ;;
+		*amd*) printf '%s\n' "AMD generation unknown" ;;
+		*) printf '%s\n' "Generation unknown" ;;
+	esac
+}

proxmenu-scripts.sh

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/header-info.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/post-install.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/rmm.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/secure-input.inc
+source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/cpu-compat.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/deploy-iso-nfs-lxc.sh
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/virtio-helpers.inc
@@ -1225,6 +1226,73 @@ TAPM_SET_QEMU_CPU_MODEL() {
 		--cpu "$cpu_model"
 }
 
+TAPM_NODE_CPU_NAME() {
+	local node="${1:?node is required}"
+	local status_json
+
+	status_json="$(
+		pvesh get "/nodes/${node}/status" --output-format json 2>/dev/null
+	)" || return 1
+
+	TAPM_NODE_STATUS_JSON="$status_json" python3 -c '
+import json
+import os
+
+try:
+    status = json.loads(os.environ["TAPM_NODE_STATUS_JSON"])
+except (KeyError, TypeError, ValueError):
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+
+cpu_info = status.get("cpuinfo") or {}
+model = str(cpu_info.get("model") or "").strip()
+if not model:
+    raise SystemExit(1)
+
+print(" ".join(model.split()))
+' 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+TAPM_SHOW_CLUSTER_CPU_TABLE() {
+	local proxclmc_output
+	local host_rows
+	local node
+	local address
+	local host_max
+	local cpu_name
+	local generation
+
+	proxclmc_output="$(proxclmc 2>/dev/null)" || proxclmc_output=""
+	host_rows="$(printf '%s\n' "$proxclmc_output" | TAPM_PROXCLMC_HOST_ROWS)"
+
+	printf '\nCluster host CPU capabilities:\n\n'
+
+	if [[ -z "$host_rows" ]]; then
+		echo -e "  ${idsCL[Yellow]}Per-host CPU details were unavailable from ProxCLMC.${idsCL[Default]}"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	printf '  %-16s %-42s %-34s %-14s\n' \
+		'HOST' 'PHYSICAL CPU' 'GENERATION / FAMILY' 'BEST VM MODEL'
+	printf '  %-16s %-42s %-34s %-14s\n' \
+		'----------------' '------------------------------------------' \
+		'----------------------------------' '--------------'
+
+	while IFS=$'\034' read -r node address host_max; do
+		[[ -n "$node" ]] || continue
+
+		cpu_name="$(TAPM_NODE_CPU_NAME "$node" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+		if [[ -n "$cpu_name" ]]; then
+			generation="$(TAPM_CPU_GENERATION_FROM_NAME "$cpu_name")"
+		else
+			cpu_name='Unavailable'
+			generation='Unavailable'
+		fi
+
+		printf '  %-16.16s %-42.42s %-34.34s %-14s\n' \
+			"$node" "$cpu_name" "$generation" "$host_max"
+	done <<< "$host_rows"
+}
+
 DETECT_CPU() {
 	local answer
 	local cpu_model
@@ -1266,6 +1334,12 @@ DETECT_CPU() {
 		return
 	fi
 
+	TAPM_SHOW_CLUSTER_CPU_TABLE
+	printf '\nRecommended cluster-wide VM CPU baseline: %s\n' "$cpu_model"
+	printf '%s\n' \
+		'This is the highest generic model shared by every node for HA placement,' \
+		'load balancing, and moving workloads between cluster hosts.'
+
 	guest_output="$(TAPM_CLUSTER_QEMU_GUESTS)" || {
 		echo -e "${idsCL[LightRed]}Could not read cluster QEMU resources.${idsCL[Default]}"
 		FINISH_FAILED_ACTION
@@ -1296,7 +1370,6 @@ DETECT_CPU() {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	printf '\nRecommended cluster CPU model: %s\n' "$cpu_model"
 	printf '\n%-7s %-28s %-20s %-10s %-24s %s\n' \
 		'VMID' 'NAME' 'NODE' 'TEMPLATE' 'CURRENT CPU' 'PROPOSED CPU'
 	printf '%-7s %-28s %-20s %-10s %-24s %s\n' \
@@ -1308,7 +1381,7 @@ DETECT_CPU() {
 			"$vmid" "${name:-unnamed}" "$node" "$template" "$current_cpu" "$cpu_model"
 	done
 
-	echo -en "\n${idsCL[LightCyan]}Apply this CPU model to ${#changes[@]} VM(s) and template(s) (y/N)?${idsCL[Default]} "
+	echo -en "\n${idsCL[LightCyan]}Apply cluster-wide baseline ${cpu_model} to ${#changes[@]} VM(s) and template(s) (y/N)?${idsCL[Default]} "
 	read -r -n 1 answer
 	echo
 	[[ "$answer" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || return
@@ -2269,7 +2342,7 @@ HOST_SETUP_MENU() {
 		values=("post_install")
 		TAPM_POST_PROXMENUX_DETECTED &&
 			labels[0]="TAPM Host Configuration — ProxMenux migration recommended"
-		labels+=("Detect CPU model for live migrations")
+		labels+=("Analyze VM CPU compatibility for HA and workload mobility")
 		values+=("cpu")
 
 		# Discover ISO storage only after the VirtIO submenu is selected.

tests/test-cpu-compat.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+TEST_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+REPO_DIR="$(cd "${TEST_DIR}/.." && pwd)"
+
+source "${REPO_DIR}/inc/cpu-compat.inc"
+
+assert_equal() {
+	local expected="${1:?expected value is required}"
+	local actual="${2:?actual value is required}"
+	local description="${3:?description is required}"
+
+	if [[ "$actual" != "$expected" ]]; then
+		printf 'FAIL: %s\nExpected: %s\nActual:   %s\n' \
+			"$description" "$expected" "$actual" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+assert_equal \
+	"Broadwell-EP" \
+	"$(TAPM_CPU_GENERATION_FROM_NAME "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 v4 @ 2.60GHz")" \
+	"identifies Xeon E5 v4"
+
+assert_equal \
+	"3rd Gen Xeon Scalable (Ice Lake)" \
+	"$(TAPM_CPU_GENERATION_FROM_NAME "Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6338 CPU @ 2.00GHz")" \
+	"identifies third-generation Xeon Scalable"
+
+assert_equal \
+	"3rd Gen EPYC (Milan / Zen 3)" \
+	"$(TAPM_CPU_GENERATION_FROM_NAME "AMD EPYC 7543 32-Core Processor")" \
+	"identifies EPYC Milan"
+
+proxclmc_fixture='node-a | 10.0.0.1 | x86-64-v4
+node-b | 10.0.0.2 | x86-64-v3
+
+Cluster CPU type: x86-64-v3'
+
+expected_rows=$'node-a\03410.0.0.1\034x86-64-v4\nnode-b\03410.0.0.2\034x86-64-v3'
+actual_rows="$(printf '%s\n' "$proxclmc_fixture" | TAPM_PROXCLMC_HOST_ROWS)"
+
+assert_equal "$expected_rows" "$actual_rows" "parses ProxCLMC host rows"
+
+printf 'CPU compatibility tests passed.\n'