Joining a new cluster gives the error HA INTERCONNECT DOWN
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- MetroCluster
- IP Switches
- Reference Configuration File (RCF)
Issue
- Errors in
event log
when trying to join a new cluster - Cluster 1:
cluster1::> event log show
Time Node Severity Event
------------------- --------- ---------- ---------------------------
12/3/2021 13:00:00 cluster1 ERROR ic.HAInterconnectDown: HA interconnect: Interconnect down for 35789 minutes:
all links are down
- Cluster 2:
cluster2::> event log show
Time Node Severity Event
------------------- ---------------- ------------- ---------------------------
Warning: Cluster operation (cluster join) for node "cluster2" is not complete and the node is not fully functional. Run "cluster join" on that node to complete the operation.
12/3/2021 13:30:44 cluster2 ALERT vifmgr.cluscheck.ctdpktloss: Continued packet loss when pinging from
cluster lif cluster2_clus2 (node cluster2) to cluster lif cluster1_clus1 (node cluster1).
cluster1::> system node show
Node Health Eligibility Uptime Model Owner Location
--------- ------ ----------- ------------- ----------- -------- ---------------
cluster1 true true 00:31:15 AFF-A400 XXX-XXX XXX
cluster2 true true 00:16:49 AFF-A400