The ESXi host experienced an unexpected reboot, and Fatal/NonRecoverable events were recorded in the SEL.

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

• The ESX host unexpectedly rebooted.
• No PSOD (Purple Screen of Death) occurred, and no messages indicating an ESX-initiated reboot were found in the ESX's logs.
• A "Fatal/NonRecoverable" event was recorded in the SEL at the same time.
  
  # localcli hardware ipmi sel list
...
Record:#:
   Record Id: #
   When: ####-##-##T##:##:##
   Event Type: 7 (Fatal/NonRecoverable) 
   SEL Type: 2 (System Event)
   Message: #####################################
   Sensor Number: ###

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi

Cause

The system was reset because the hardware detected an unrecoverable error.

Resolution

Please report this error to the hardware vendor and resolve the hardware problem.