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CHW-588: AFF A400, FAS8300, FAS8700: Cannot boot with primary firmware image

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Issue

On AFF-A400, FAS8300 or FAS8700 storage systems, autoboot aborts with the events:
Ready to boot.
Boot Loader version 6.4.3
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2019 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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*** Booted from Backup Firmware Image ***
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ACPI RSDP Found at 0x6c41a000
Abort AUTOBOOT

 

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