Hopefully this helps someone in the future. I was trying to install Ubuntu on an Intel S2600WTT based server. I was using the LSI SAS2308-IR mezzanine card with a RAID 1 pair of SAS SSDs. When I got a Nmi activated - system halted error:
I had 16x16GB DDR4 DIMMs so I pulled eight and tried using 8x Samsung 16GB DIMMs. That did not fix it. I then tried 8x Micron 16GB DIMMs and that did not fix it. Finally, I tried 8x SK.Hynix 16GB DIMMs and that also did not work. I felt pretty good about it not being a memory error as the might have suggested via Google.
I then tried updating the BIOS by getting the newest October 2015 version for the board but it would keep going back to Nmi activated - system halted.
I pulled the battery and let it sit for 15 minutes. Still would give me Nmi activated - system halted whenever I got through the POST (including the LSI sequence.)
Finally, I decided to just start pulling drives. I pulled both Samsung 200GB SAS SSDs and viola! The system booted the UEFI update package off of the USB key.
Very odd error, but hopefully it is a lesson that someone can benefit from in the future. I know a lot of us are using Intel branded servers. I was very surprised to see this with an Intel mezzanine card in an Intel server.
I had 16x16GB DDR4 DIMMs so I pulled eight and tried using 8x Samsung 16GB DIMMs. That did not fix it. I then tried 8x Micron 16GB DIMMs and that did not fix it. Finally, I tried 8x SK.Hynix 16GB DIMMs and that also did not work. I felt pretty good about it not being a memory error as the might have suggested via Google.
I then tried updating the BIOS by getting the newest October 2015 version for the board but it would keep going back to Nmi activated - system halted.
I pulled the battery and let it sit for 15 minutes. Still would give me Nmi activated - system halted whenever I got through the POST (including the LSI sequence.)
Finally, I decided to just start pulling drives. I pulled both Samsung 200GB SAS SSDs and viola! The system booted the UEFI update package off of the USB key.
Very odd error, but hopefully it is a lesson that someone can benefit from in the future. I know a lot of us are using Intel branded servers. I was very surprised to see this with an Intel mezzanine card in an Intel server.