We had similar problem on a PE2900-III, although not completely identical. We found out, through trial and error, that the problem was the onboard SATA controller. I don't know if it is the hardware or the drivers for the onboard SATA in RHEL/CentOS, but the onboard SATA controller would lock-up, then cause a fault on the PCI-E bus, which then caused faults on both CPUs resulting in instantaneous reboot of the entire server.
We finally disabled the onboard SATA completely in the BIOS (switched to IDE based optical drive) and the server has been completely stable since. At the time (this past April), Dell tech support was not aware of this issue and they said we were the first to report on it. -B. Masuda > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:linux- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Larsen, Peter > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:24 PM > To: Tom Cowin; [email protected] > Subject: RE: E1410 CPU IERR on 2950 III > > http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2619 > > That may give you a few answers? > > -- > Peter H. Larsen > Technical Architect > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:linux- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Cowin > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: E1410 CPU IERR on 2950 III > > Has anyone gotten this error on a 2950? My server continues to crash > hard, with this error on the front - on both CPUs. The best I can get > from tech support is that this is probably a software configuration > issue - given that CentOS and VMWare is not a "supported" > configuration - although it has been running fine for 18 months. > > Any help or relevant thoughts appreciated. > > -- > Tom Cowin > Blackfin Software, LLC > > mobile: (425)985-3150 > fax: (425)460-7000 > snailmail: 12001 NE 61st St. Kirkland WA 98033 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
