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Dell PowerEdge Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Release Notes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel panic is observed due to fatal hardware error

Description
On Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, kernel panic is observed when system is booting, shut down, or rebooting. When the kernel panic occurs, the following message is displayed:
[    1.410443] {1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 3 
[    1.419667] {1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: fatal 
[    1.425399] {1}[Hardware Error]: Error 0, type: fatal 
[    1.431130] {1}[Hardware Error]: section_type: PCIe error 
[    1.437347] {1}[Hardware Error]: port_type: 4, root port 
[    1.443465] {1}[Hardware Error]: version: 1.16 
[    1.448617] {1}[Hardware Error]: command: 0x0143, status: 0x4010 
[    1.455514] {1}[Hardware Error]: device_id: 0000:80:02.0 
[    1.461633] {1}[Hardware Error]: slot: 4 
[    1.466201] {1}[Hardware Error]: secondary_bus: 0x82 
[    1.471932] {1}[Hardware Error]: vendor_id: 0x8086, device_id: 0x6f04 
[    1.479312] {1}[Hardware Error]: class_code: 000406 
[    1.484948] {1}[Hardware Error]: bridge: secondary_status: 0x2000, control: 0x0003 
[    1.493588] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal hardware error! 
Solution
Update the system BIOS.
  • For yx3x servers, update BIOS to 2.10.5 version.
  • For yx4x servers, update BIOS to 2.2.11 version.
Download the latest BIOS version from Drivers Support.
Systems affected
All Dell EMC PowerEdge systems supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. For more information, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux Certification Matrix for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers.
Applies to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Tracking number
129907

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