Applies to ONTAP 9 CIFS Continuous Availability (CA) Witness Protocol Issue Error in Windows Event Viewer "Witness Client failed to register with Witness Server" In the packet trace when Windows clien...Applies to ONTAP 9 CIFS Continuous Availability (CA) Witness Protocol Issue Error in Windows Event Viewer "Witness Client failed to register with Witness Server" In the packet trace when Windows client try to register witness IP the following error is present: Source Destination Protocol Info 44 10.10.10.118 10.10.10.66 WITNESS Register request 45 10.10.10.66 10.10.10.118 WITNESS Register response, Error: WERR_INVALID_PARAMETER