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Recurring "Network interface ethX is down or cable is unplugged" alerts on Element

Recurring "Network interface ethX is down or cable is unplugged" alerts on Element

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Category:: element-software

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Applies to

NetApp SolidFire SF-Series
NetApp HCI storage nodes

Issue

The following alert keeps recurring in NetApp SolidFire Active IQ on the same interface
Network interface eth<X> is down or cable is unplugged
In the kern.log file the network interface card (NIC) driver is showing repeated link down messages, followed by going up again
$ zgrep -i bnx /var/log/kern.log* kern.log.2.gz:<time_stamp> <system_name> kernel: [59605331.152510] bnx2x 0000:01:00.1 eth1: NIC Link is Down kern.log.2.gz:<time_stamp> <system_name> kernel: [59615976.899850] bnx2x 0000:01:00.1 eth1: NIC Link is Up