Advisory: Installation of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 x86 Service Pack (SP) 3 (or Earlier) May Stop Responding on a ProLiant Server Configured with 16 Processor Cores - c01135593

DESCRIPTION

While attempting an installation of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 x86 Service Pack (SP) 3 (or earlier) on a ProLiant server configured with 16 processor cores, after the first server reboot, the server will stop responding. No messages are displayed when this occurs.

Note : This is not ProLiant server-specific.

RESOLUTION

To boot to the operating system for the first time, boot with kernel parameter "maxcpus=8." Add the "maxcpus=8" parameter to the /boot/grub.conf file to allow the kernel parameter setting to be applied when booting the server later.

To enable all 16 processor cores, obtain a new kernel from SUSE.

This does not occur with SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10.

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