NMI received for an unknown reason error on BL460c G6 RHEL 5.4

[itslave]

I am seeing the following error message in the messages file and in dmesg:

Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason a0.
You probably have a hardware problem with your RAM chips
Dazed and confused, but trying to continue


After a reboot it is almost at the bottom of both dmesg and messages. It occurs in the same place every time I reboot the server.

Is this really a RAM error? I don't see any errors in the iLO or OA for the blade in question. The errors started showing up after HP replaced the motherboard in the blade this week.

[Matti_Kurkela]

Do you have the hp-health driver RPM installed?
It should intercept the HP-hardware-specific NMIs and interpret them correctly. You can download it from http://www.hp.com/go/support by searching for downloadables using your server model (BL460c G6) and then selecting your OS version (RHEL 5).

In generic PC hardware, a RAM problem is the most common reason for NMIs. But name-brand servers (like HP Proliants) will often use NMI for more than just RAM problem reports.

MK

[itslave]

Hi Matti. What is the name of the driver? I have installed a bunch of stuff from the PSP.

One further note. If I put the blade in a different slot in the C7000 enclosure the error goes away. If I put it back in the original slot the error comes back.