Why following logs is seen on Dell Chassis Management Controller "System Board OS Watch: Watchdog sensor for System Board: hard reset was asserted"

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Issue

  • Can see following logs on Dell Chassis Management Controller.
Sun Nov 23 2014 08:57:30 System Board OS Watch: Watchdog sensor for System Board: hard reset was asserted  
Sun Nov 23 2014 08:57:29 System Board OS Watch: Watchdog sensor for System Board: timer expired was asserted
Sun Nov 23 2014 08:37:27 System Board OS Watch: Watchdog sensor for System Board: hard reset was asserted  
Sun Nov 23 2014 08:37:27 System Board OS Watch: Watchdog sensor for System Board: timer expired was asserted 
  • Why does system reboot after the "watchdog senor" logs seen on Dell Controller?
  • Why there is no vmcore collected on reboot?
  • What does this logs mean?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • Dell Hardware

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