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CFBMC-8712: CFBMC-8853: BMC remains offline after upgrade to version 16.8

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  • After upgrading BMC FW to 16.8 the BMC remains offline for a long duration until it finally reboots to backup fw version. The version never updates from the previous version according to cluster.

cluster1::> sp show
IP Firmware
Node Type Status Configured Version IP Address
------------- ---- ----------- ------------ --------- -------------------------
Node1 BMC online true 16.8 10.65.86.193
Node2 BMC offline true 16.6P1 10.65.86.194


  • SP logs indicate IPMI not ready followed by reboots

Record 449: Fri Feb 06 23:37:07.517003 2026 [BMC.notice]: IPMI not ready & run /usr/local/bin/notify 4
Record 450: Fri Feb 06 23:41:34.221029 2026 [BMC.notice]: Switch is running on latest version 36
Record 451: Fri Feb 06 23:46:40.881139 2026 [BMC.notice]: BMC reset by Ontap/Loader

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