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Kdump fails on sles10sp2 with message "Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 20"

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 2

 

Situation

Applies to:
HP ProLiant BL685c g1
HP ProLiant DL785 G5
HP ProLiant DL380 G5

Kernel-kdump and related rpm packages installed to sles10sp2 server with  2.6.16.60-0.34-smp kernel.  When admin fires the kdump trigger (through magic key or console) the server console hangs with the following message showing:

Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 20.
Dazed and confused, but trying to continue
Do you have a strange power saving mode enabled?

The server will restart depending on the setting for ASR Timeout.  No kernel core will be present after booting.

 

Resolution

Reported to engineering.  A new kernel update will be released with a new option /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_unrecovered_nmi.  The default value for this is  "0".  Setting this to "1" allows kernel dumping on HP blades.

The fix is in kernel version 2.6.16.60-0.42.4 and later. After the Kernel has been updated, follow the steps below

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the following line:
kernel.panic_on_unrecovered_nmi = 1

Restart the server after making the modifications. You can check if the setting has been effective, with the following command:
 cat /proc/sys/kernel/panic_on_unrecovered_nmi

The above should return the value of 1
 

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  • Document ID:7001739
  • Creation Date: 09-Mar-2009
  • Modified Date:10-Mar-2021
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

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