Why does a Cisco USC blade with RHEL 6 return 'Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed' errors ?
Issue
Below errors seen on Cisco UCS blade with RHEL 6 systems:
Aug 4 05:52:51 <host> kernel: TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#24]:
Aug 4 05:52:51 <host> kernel: Measured 2 cycles TSC warp between CPUs, turning off TSC clock. <<-----
Aug 4 05:52:51 <host> kernel: Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Cisco USC blade
- UCSB-EX-M4-1
- Cisco M4 Systems
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