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Persistent SwitchSSHAccess_Alert after removing or replacing switch

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Applies to

  • ONTAP
  • Cluster Switch

Issue

  • SwitchSSHAccess_Alert is present for a cluster switch after being deleted

Cluster::> system health alert show
               Node: Cluster-02

          Alert ID: SwitchSSHAccess_Alert

           Resource: Old-Cluster-SW2 (XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX)

  • Health alerts for deleted switch.
::*> system health subsystem show
Subsystem         Health
----------------- ------------------
SAS-connect       ok
Environment       ok
Memory            ok
Service-Processor ok
Switch-Health     degraded
CIFS-NDO          ok
Motherboard       ok
IO                ok
MetroCluster      ok
MetroCluster_Node ok
FHM-Switch        ok
FHM-Bridge        ok
SAS-connect_Cluster ok
13 entries were displayed.


::*> system health subsystem show -subsystem switch-Health

                   Subsystem: Switch-Health
                      Health: degraded
        Initialization State: initialized
Number of Outstanding Alerts: 4
Number of Suppressed Alerts: 0
                        Node: switch1
  Subsystem Refresh Interval: 5m
  • The switch is no longer seen after being deleted
    • ONTAP 9.8 and above - ::>system switch ethernet delete -device Old-Cluster-SW2
    •                                                        ::>system switch ethernet show

                        Error: There are no entries matching your query.


       

    • ONTAP 9.7 and below  - ::>system cluster-switch delete -device Old-Cluster-SW2
    •                   ::>system cluster-switch show

                        Error: There are no entries matching your query.

 

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