Windows XP virtual machines running on RHEV 3 crash randomly with bluescreens suggesting "hardware" memory issues
Issue
- Windows XP virtual machines running on RHEV 3 crash or reboot randomly
- Bluescreen often states
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
- Bluescreen analysis can be traced to Microsoft knowledgebase articles implying faulty hardware memory
- Windows guests crash when the network link is saturated
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
- Windows XP virtual machines
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