kernel fails NMI watchdog test during bootup in RHEL 5.3

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Issue

  • Messages seen during bootup:

    testing NMI watchdog ... <4>WARNING: CPU#0: NMI appears to be stuck (1150->1153)!
    
  • nmi_watchdog is 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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