Description of problem: We have recently started to use Redhat Enterprise v4 update 4 on i386 and x86-64 systems. With the change from EL3 we have noticed that most of the systems fail to reboot with a simple 'reboot' command. In each instance we get the following [root@xxxxxxxxxx ~]# init 6 INIT: Switching to runlevel: 6 INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal Stopping HAL daemon: [ OK ] Stopping system message bus: [ OK ] Stopping Red Hat Network Daemon: [ OK ] Stopping atd: [ OK ] Stopping httpd: [ OK ] Stopping sshd:[ OK ] Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ] Shutting down sm-client: [ OK ] Shutting down smartd: [FAILED] Stopping snmpd: [ OK ] Stopping xinetd: [ OK ] Stopping acpi daemon: [ OK ] Stopping crond: [ OK ] Shutting down ntpd: [ OK ] Shutting down kernel logger: [ OK ] Shutting down system logger: [ OK ] Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down interface eth1: [ OK ] Shutting down interface eth2: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Starting killall: [ OK ] Sending all processes the TERM signal... Sending all processes the KILL signal... Saving random seed: Syncing hardware clock to system time Turning off swap: Turning off quotas: Unmounting pipe file systems: Unmounting file systems: Please stand by while rebooting the system... md: stopping all md devices. md: md0 switched to read-only mode. It then gets to that point and fails to reboot every time. I have attempted to install the Operating from CD (our default is to kickstart the servers) and it also fails. The way I have resolved the issue is to append the following information to the kernel boot parameters : acpi=noirq Once that has been added the system restarts every time. It is very similar to the following redhat buzilla #182961 We are using in this instance the IBM System X (X Series) 336 servers with the latest firmware/bmc etc from IBM. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 4) Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp on an i686 How reproducible: Install Redhat Enterprise v4 Update 4 on an IBM x336, then attempt to restart the system using init 6 or reboot and the system will fail to reboot giving the above output. Expected results: System reboots. Additional info:
What is the model? 8837,1879, or 7978? Thank you.
Hello, The model that we are having problem with is as follows 8837. If we need to we could probably put a demo system on a public IP for you to have a play with. Regards, James
James, My records indication that the latest BIOS is v33A (APJT33A). BMC is v24A is(APBT24A) . Can you verify that you have the same version?
Hello, We have the following software revisions installed on the servers that have been having issues. BIOS : v1.13 BMC : v1.15 These are the revisions that IBM have been shipping servers with in recent months, When I checked the software updates on the IBM.com web page they are reported as being current. Regards, James
James, Those are the latest and greatest numbers. I do not have access to this machine locally but I have let an IBM person know about this and asked him to reproduce your problem.
James, The IBM person was able to sucessfully reboot the machine. I have asked them to provide with a 'sysreport' report so that I can compare his machine to yours. Can you also run 'sysreport' and attach the tar ball to this BZ? Thank you.
James, Can you check if 'aarich' module is loaded? If it is, can you rmmod it and then try to reboot, please? Thanks
James, any update?
Hello, there are no aarich modules loaded on this server. The RAID card in question is aacraid. (sorry about the long delay I have been on leave). Regards, James
James, Thanks for your response. Can you attach the sysreport to this BZ pls? Just run 'sysreport' and uplaod the tarball it creates. Thanks.
James, Any update on running the command?
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I am closing this BZ as DEFERRED. James, pls re-open this and upload the tarball from running sysreport.