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NVDIMM in slot-11 fails with error "nvdimm.nvmem.initfault:FAULT" while node is booting

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Applies to

  • AFF A400
  • AFF A800
  • FAS 8300
  • FAS 8700
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

Node fails to boot with the error  and below panic is seen after the node reboot as part of ONTAP upgrade
 
[nvdimm.nvmem.initfail:FAULT]:NVMEM subsystem initialization failed because NVDIMM device in slot-11     
failed to configure energy source

**********************************************************************
NVMEM subsystem failed initialization or configuration check To prevent NVMEM data loss, halt the system.
Set bootarg.init.battery_override can ignore this error and continue to boot.
**********************************************************************

PANIC : System is going to shutdown because NVMEM subsystem failed initialization or configuration check.
version: 9.10.1P4: Mon May 9 18:11:44 EDT 2022

IPMI device unit 1 rev. 1, firmware rev. 10.03, version 2.0, device support mask oxbf

Sun Mar 5 08:05:02 2023 [nvdimm.nvmem.initfail:FAULT]:NVMEM subsystem initialization failed because NVDIMM device in slot-11 lost persistence due to SDRAM not in self-refresh mode , andNVDIMM HARDWARE error.. To prevent NVMEM data loss, halt the system.
Sun Mar 5 08:05:02 2023 [nvdimm.nvmem.initfail:FAULT]:NVMEM subsystem initialization failed because NVDIMM device in slot-23 lost persistence due to SDRAM not in self-refresh mode , andNVDIMM HARDWARE error.. To prevent NVMEM data loss, halt the system.
Sun Mar 5 08:05:02 2023 [nvdimm.nvmem.destage.failure:ALERT]:NVMEM subsystem failed to copy nonvolatile data to flash memory on NVDIMM device because SDRAM is not in self-refresh mode, and because of a hardware error..

 

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