Why system throws "CRITICAL: Main Memory - Uncorrectable Memory Error" message ?
Issue
- The following message is seen in
/var/log/messages
file:
CRITICAL: Main Memory - Uncorrectable Memory Error (Board 4, Memory Module 1) or (Board 4, Memory Module 8).
or
CRITICAL: Uncorrectable Memory Error (System Memory, Memory Module 0)
or
CRITICAL: DIMM Failure - Uncorrectable Memory Error (Processor 2, DIMM 2)
- Server unexpectedly rebooted, IML had following entry
0042 Critical 04:13 xx/xx/xxxx 04:13 xx/xx/xxxx 0001
LOG: Uncorrectable Memory Error ((Processor 1, Memory Module 5))
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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