Looping on reboot with CPU microcode errors
Issue
Received the following errors after rebooting the server:
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: cpuidle: using governor ladder
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: cpuidle: using governor menu
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU0 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU1 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU2 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU3 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU4 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU5 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU6 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU7 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU8 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Apr 18 01:20:39 Server1 kernel: microcode: CPU9 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13
Messages looped and did not allow for login or other action to be taken.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux V 6.2
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