PSOD - VMKernel RO mem checksum BAD.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

PSOD - VMKernel RO mem checksum BAD.

Environment

VMware ESXi  7.0

Cause

Backtrace:
    0x453a3251bba8:[0x42002940003b]memcmp@vmkernel#nover+0x7 stack: 0x0, 0x45ba6bf4eb80, 0x42002a10d102, 0x0, 0x0
    0x453a3251bbb0:[0x42002a10d18b][email protected]#1.0.0+0xc4 stack: 0x45ba6bf4eb80, 0x42002a10d102, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    0x453a3251bc30:[0x420029629201]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x2c6 stack: 0x430711288bb0, 0x508b13, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    0x453a3251bcd0:[0x42002966d9cc]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0xc5 stack: 0x43081fe02200, 0x3, 0x2, 0x4200295e9c91, 0x43081fe02200
    0x453a3251bd30:[0x4200296dd034]Vmxnet3VMKDevTQDoTx@vmkernel#nover+0xf05 stack: 0x1, 0x16e40, 0x0, 0x4308f181f500, 0x24c1e6aec77338
    0x453a3251bee0:[0x4200296e65b7]Vmxnet3VMKDev_AsyncTx@vmkernel#nover+0xb0 stack: 0x4000011, 0x430711202b80, 0x3fff, 0x4301d3eb4ad0, 0x430711202b80
    0x453a3251bf50:[0x420029658345]NetWorldPerVMCB@vmkernel#nover+0x5c6 stack: 0x45da418f08c0, 0x2, 0x4301d3eb4ac8, 0x100000000, 0x1480b2700000000
    0x453a3251bfe0:[0x4200297b4d55]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x86 stack: 0x0, 0x4200294c4de0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
    0x453a3251c000:[0x4200294c4ddf]Debug_IsInitialized@vmkernel#nover+0xc stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0

  Description: Error in the log
   YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.438Z cpu33:3698735)VMKernel RO mem checksum BAD.

Resolution

Please check ipmi sel logs for any errors. This is mostly caused by faulty Memory modules.