I have similar issues on my DELL R630 server but only on those with extra NIC:s.
In my case it is not triggerd on boot but when I start the openstack neutron agents components that starts configuring the extra nic (Intel 10-Gigabit X540-AT2 rev 01). [ 204.789174] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 7 [ 205.193525] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 6 [ 205.716981] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 3 [ 206.012783] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 14 [ 206.313395] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 0 [ 207.761181] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 9 [ 208.288291] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 1 [ 209.190285] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 12 [ 209.560277] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 8 [ 210.040526] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 2 [ 211.555861] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 15 [ 216.922401] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#4 stuck for 23s! [neutron-rootwra:17362] [ 216.926401] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#5 stuck for 23s! [sudo:17410] [ 216.946400] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#10 stuck for 23s! [sudo:17389] [ 216.950399] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#11 stuck for 23s! [cinder-volume:7662] [ 216.958398] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#13 stuck for 23s! [neutron-rootwra:17349] [ 237.065467] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 4 [ 239.587762] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 10 [ 244.924190] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#5 stuck for 23s! [sudo:17410] [ 244.948189] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#11 stuck for 23s! [cinder-volume:7662] [ 244.956188] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#13 stuck for 23s! [neutron-rootwra:17349] [ 264.237850] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 11 [ 265.156735] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 5 [ 272.953977] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#13 stuck for 23s! [neutron-rootwra:17349] [ 296.597072] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 13 It works for me with 109, but I get the kernel lockup with 110. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745349 Title: Hard lockup during boot with linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Xenial: Incomplete Bug description: Systems on ASUS H110M-C Boards don't boot here with Kernel 4.4.0-112 instead they show NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard lockup on cpu 0 NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard lockup on cpu 1 NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard lockup on cpu 3 NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard lockup on cpu 2 I cannot provide any logs of course. Booting with 4.4.0-109 works. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-112-generic 4.4.0-112.135 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-109.132-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-109-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: lr3200 2013 F.... pulseaudio Date: Thu Jan 25 11:38:55 2018 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8e35131d-6d40-4f4f-a3db-c7336e72cbce IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp5s0 no wireless extensions. enp3s0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc. M105 Optical Mouse Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-109-generic root=UUID=4dc5bb0a-ab7c-48fa-ac23-bcdf23755d93 ro PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-109-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-109-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.15 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/12/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 3601 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: H110M-C dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3601:bd12/12/2017:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH110M-C:rvrRevX.0x:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1745349/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp