PLEASE NOTE: A specific device is shown here as an example only.
It could be any hardware that is faulting and this procedures helps to determine the identity of the component.
- The vmkernel-zdump log messages before the crash include a VTD IOMMU fault message:
0:00:00:20.083 cpu0:65536)WARNING: VTD: 162: (Stale Entry) DMAR Fault IOMMU Unit #0: R/W=R, Device 0000:86:00.0 Faulting addr = 0x91de5d000 Fault Reason = 0x6 -> PTE not set to allow Read.
- The fault message shows the PCI device address:
0000:86:00.0
- lspci shows the PCI device details :
lspci -v
- Output shows that this is a Display Controller
0000:86:00.0 VGA compatible controller Display controller: NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIATesla M10 [vmgfx0]
Contact the server hardware vendor.