Applies to FAS and AFF Systems ONTAP 9.2 and later Issue While setting a static IP address for netboot or boot_recovery operations on port e0M that IP gets set and is reachable, but later in the proce...Applies to FAS and AFF Systems ONTAP 9.2 and later Issue While setting a static IP address for netboot or boot_recovery operations on port e0M that IP gets set and is reachable, but later in the process it is lost and an attempt to get a DHCP address for that port is made. If DHCP is not available then the netboot or boot_recovery process fails. During the boot sequence the following is seen: Starting DHCP client on e0M