Server would not boot until hyper-threading was disabled

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Server was not booting.
  • Able to get server to boot after these actions:
  1. Change the core on cpu1 and cpu2 to 1
  2. Disabled Hyperthreading
  • RCA is needed

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

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