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Controller panic when connecting to Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender

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Applies to

  • FAS9000
  • FAS8200
  • FAS27x0
  • FAS26x0
  • AFF A200
  • AFF A220
  • AFF A300
  • AFF A700
  • ONTAP 9
  • Qlogic 8324 CNA
  • Cisco Nexus 2348UPQ Fabric Extender (FEX)
  • Cisco Nexus N2K-C2232PP-10GE Fabric Extender (FEX)

Issue

  • When connecting Qlogic adapters to a Nexus FEX, the storage node panics
PANIC : PCI Error NMI from device(s):RPT(0,3,3):QLogic FC/10GbE CNA on Controller.
version: 9.5P15: Tue Nov 17 02:40:18 EST 2020
conf : x86_64.optimize
cpuid = 4
KDB: stack backtrace:
vpanic() at vpanic+0x6d9/frame 0xfffffe0258b59c50
panic() at panic+0x43/frame 0xfffffe0258b59cb0
platform_os2sp_port_present() at platform_os2sp_port_present+0x259/frame 0xfffffe0258b59ce0
psl_search_list() at 0xffffffff8213db10/frame 0xfffffe0258b59d20
generic_nmi_handler() at generic_nmi_handler+0xe4/frame 0xfffffe0258b59d60
trap() at trap+0x7f0/frame 0xfffffe0258b59f20
Xnmi() at Xnmi+0xd3/frame 0xfffffe028649e470
ql_rdwr_indreg32() at ql_rdwr_indreg32+0xca/frame 0xfffffe028649e4b0
ql_minidump() at ql_minidump+0x77a/frame 0xfffffe028649e660
ql_del_cdev() at ql_del_cdev+0x85f/frame 0xfffffe028649e800
devfs_allocv() at devfs_allocv+0x29dc/frame 0xfffffe028649e850
kern_ioctl() at kern_ioctl+0x230/frame 0xfffffe028649e8c0
sys_ioctl() at sys_ioctl+0x16c/frame 0xfffffe028649e990
amd64_syscall() at amd64_syscall+0x18b/frame 0xfffffe028649eab0
Xfast_syscall() at Xfast_syscall+0xfb/frame 0xfffffe028649eab0
--- syscall (54, FreeBSD ELF64, sys_ioctl), rip = 0x8004cd23a, rsp = 0x7fffffffea58, rbp = 0x7fffffffeb40 ---
 
PCI Error NMI from device(s):ErrSrcID(CorrSrc(0x2900),UCorrSrc(0)), RPT(0,2,0):QLogic FC/10GbE CNA in slot 2 on Controller.
  • After the storage node boots from panic, the CNA ports are stuck in initalizing firmware state

cluster::> run -node node1 sysconfig -v 2
        slot 2: Fibre Channel Target Host Adapter 2a
                (QLogic CNA 8324 (8362) rev. 2, <INITIALIZING FIRMWARE>)
                Firmware rev:      8.9.0
                Flash rev:         6.0.1
                Host Port Addr:    000000
                FC Nodename:       50:0a:09:80:80:72:e6:d6 (500a09808072e6d6)
                FC Portname:       50:0a:09:88:80:72:e6:d6 (500a09888072e6d6)
                Connection:        No link
                Switch Port:       Unknown

  • The connection from switch shows it  flapping, not connected, or possible normal.
  • This can be triggered when the Cisco switch is upgraded to version 9.3(8)

 

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