System reboots accidentally ,and dmidecode reports 'Firmware-detected hardware failure' after reboot.

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Issue

  • The system reboots suddenly, and dmidecode shows below hardware failure messages :
# grep -i firmware dmidecode 
    Firmware Revision: 2.5                
    Status: Firmware-detected hardware failure  <<---------------

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • HP Hardware.

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