System Console session via the Service Processor corrupted by serial console port

Applies to

• NetApp FAS
• NetApp AFF
• ONTAP 9
• Data ONTAP 8
• Data ONTAP 7-Mode

Issue

• Malformed ASCII characters on the console interfering with use of the system console via the Service Processor (SP) .
• Unable to execute commands on the console.

Example

  â–’Files /cfcard/x86_64/freebsd/image2/VERSION and /var/VERSION differ Waiting for PIDS: /usr/sbin/rpcbind 908wâ–’â–’wâ–’â–’â–’â–’w{â–’â–’â–’wâ–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’wâ–’wâ–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’{â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’â–’."