kernel fails NMI watchdog test during bootup in RHEL 5.3
Issue
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Messages seen during bootup:
testing NMI watchdog ... <4>WARNING: CPU#0: NMI appears to be stuck (1150->1153)! -
nmi_watchdogis disabled after above failure
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 5 or earlier
- kernel versions prior to 2.6.18-238.el5
- HP DL585 G6
- Power Saving mode set to OS Control, Static - Low, or Dynamic in the BIOS
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