RHEL6.5: system resets after it was running for some time

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why does my Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5 system reboot? I see the following message in systemlog before the reboot:
/usr/sbin/bmc-watchdog[xxxx]: fiid_obj_get: 'present_countdown_value': data not available
  • Server is getting restart again and again due to bmc-watchdog.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5
  • watchdog
  • freeipmi version 1.2.1-3.el6

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