> Source: [sk122757](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk122757)

# sk122757 - Incorrect FW instance allocation among CoreXL instances 

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk122757 |
| Date Created | 2018-02-04 |
| Last Modified | 2025-05-15 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- More than a single FW instance is allocated to a physical CPU core.   

Example:

```
fw ctl multik stat 
----------------------------------------------
ID | Active  | CPU    | Connections | Peak
----------------------------------------------
0 | Yes     | 1      |        1092 |     5378
1 | Yes     | 0      |         921 |     2805
2 | Yes     | 1      |        1072 |     3302
```

## Cause

There is a license limitation for CoreXL which allows utilization of Cores 0 and 1 only.

## Solution

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