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April 12th, 2019 05:00

Whatchdog timer problem

Hi, we have a big problem with watchdog timer with 4 R740XD.

We have disabled the watchdog in the bios options

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but often we get a reboot with this alert

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what's the problem?

Thanks!

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April 12th, 2019 09:00

Hello

There is a BIOS watchdog timer and a BMC watchdog timer. That error sounds like it is referring to the BMC/iDRAC watchdog timer. When the BMC/iDRAC watchdog timer is enabled it heartbeats with OpenManage Server Administrator. If the watchdog is enabled and then OMSA is uninstalled it will likely cause watchdog actions.

In OpenManage Server Administrator>System>Properties>Auto Recovery

Changing the action to none should disable the BMC/iDRAC watchdog.

http://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals/

Thanks

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April 16th, 2019 09:00

Thanks, but we don't use "OpenManage Server Administrator" we use "Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9".

How can we do?

Thanks

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April 16th, 2019 10:00

Disable it.

http://www.dell.com/idracmanuals/

iDRAC9 ASR AgentiDRAC9 ASR Agent

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April 16th, 2019 10:00

We have these 2 settings:

 

 

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it's correct?

thanks

 

 

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April 17th, 2019 07:00

Any news?

Thanks

Paolo

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April 17th, 2019 08:00

I'm not sure what you are asking. I'm fairly certain I have provided the answer to your question. The first setting is the agent. The second setting is the recovery action. If you leave the agent running you are likely to continue seeing alerts.

If you need more information then I suggest reviewing the manual I linked.

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April 17th, 2019 09:00

We have disabled the "Automated System recovery Agent", like you said.

This is the result, but the problem persists.

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Thanks

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April 17th, 2019 13:00

Make sure the iDRAC is at the latest firmware. If the issue persists then shut down the system and remove the power cables to drain flea power. If you would like additional assistance from me then send a private message with the service tag.

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April 18th, 2019 08:00

Thanks, but today we have 2 watchdog timer reboot.

I write to you in private the service tag.

 

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