After downgrading ONTAP on an AFF A400 / FAS8300 / FAS8700 node running ONTAP 9.13.1RC1 or higher to any version in the 9.7 codeline, the X1151A NIC(s) cannot be downgraded to the bundled firmware ver...After downgrading ONTAP on an AFF A400 / FAS8300 / FAS8700 node running ONTAP 9.13.1RC1 or higher to any version in the 9.7 codeline, the X1151A NIC(s) cannot be downgraded to the bundled firmware version 1.0.X from version 1.4.0-E-114. As a result, the node will not boot due to the failing firmware downgrade and will continuously reboot: Jan 31 07:57:09 [node-01:netif.fwUpdateStatus:notice]: Firmware update of network interface e3a to version 1.0.2-E-1 Completed, system will
During an ONTAP upgrade the cluster ports e3a and e3b are down on the updated node, the HA partner node is stuck in waiting for giveback. netif.sfpNotSupported: The SFP+ or QSFP+ module (not supported...During an ONTAP upgrade the cluster ports e3a and e3b are down on the updated node, the HA partner node is stuck in waiting for giveback. netif.sfpNotSupported: The SFP+ or QSFP+ module (not supported ) installed in e3a is not supported with this network interface. Not upgraded node shows ports up. ::> system node run -node not_updated_node -command sysconfig -a Example:
