Command reboot shuts the system down instead of reboot

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 3

Situation

After using the command reboot to power cycle the server it does not restart but shuts down.

Resolution

To check whether the affected driver is loaded on your system, run following command:

lsmod | grep mei

Blacklisting of the driver can be performed as follows (execute as root user):

At the bottom of configuration /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist place the entry with the name of affected driver to look like this:

blacklist mei
Within the /etc/modprobe.d directory create a file corresponding the name of affected driver

mei
Edit the mei file to contain the following entry

install mei /bin/true
Restart the system

shutdown -r now

Cause

The mei driver is not compatible with many server chipsets.

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