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CHW-3228: AFF A70, A90, FAS70 or FAS90: NVRAM module not discovered during new install

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Issue

  • ALERT reporting during node boot. Example:

Starting netapp_loadnvram - 01:33:39
KTLS: Initialized 128 threads
Command info failed.
Ending netapp_loadnvram - 01:33:39
WARNING: Unable to get sysid!
...
[localhost:nv.flash.unable.to.monitor:ALERT]Unable to monitor NVRAM device "NVRAM12".
...
[nvram.hw.initfail:CRITICAL]: NVRAM hardware initialization failed: Failed to read SSD configuration.

            or
[nvram.hw.initFail:CRITICAL]: NVRAM hardware initialization failed: Failed to read SSD smart log.

  • ONTAP events (EMS) messages with alerts. Example:

[node_name: env_mgr: nv.flash.predict.fail:alert]: NVRAM destage failure predicted for device: NVRAM12.

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