System does not boot with Error "dracut Warning: No root device" HP Gen8 servers only"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Error displayed on console while booting :
Error "dracut Warning: No root device"
"block:/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx found dracut Warning: Boot has failed. To debug this issue add rdshell to the kernel command line." dracut Warning: Signal caught!"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.7
  • HP Gen8

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