A700s ONTAP upgrade from 9.8P6 to 9.9.1P11 fails
Applies to
- AFF A700s
- ONTAP 9.8P6
- ONTAP 9.9.1P11
Issue
During an ONTAP upgrade from 9.8P6 to 9.9.1P11 one node halts to LOADER with:
NetApp Data ONTAP 9.8P6
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Setting default boot image to
image1... done.
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Loading NVRAM firmware version 1.3.8 (was 1.2.0.)
Programming NVRAM FW...
Programming meta for image 0
Image 0 valid.
Resetting BB table
Error: Failed to reset NAND BB table.
Operation failed with code 5
ERROR: BB table reset failed.
REBOOTING TO LOAD NEW NVRAM FIRMWARE...
WARNING: Aborting boot (sending SIGTERM to parent)!
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