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AFF-A400 Node Down and SAN Service Disruption After Motherboard Replacement

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Applies to

  • AFF-A400
  • ONTAP 9.7P6 

Issue

After Node1 went down, an attempt to recover it with an unknown-source spare motherboard caused the entire FCP service to go down.

  • Node Node1 remained offline.
  • All LUNs were lost from SAN hosts, even though FC LIFs were configured on the partner node Node2.
  • The FCP service was unavailable, and the cluster was unable to establish FCP connections with clients or the SAN switch.
  • fcp adapter show output:

::> network fcp adapter show
Connection Port Admin Operational
Node Adapter Established Address Status Status
------------ -------- ----------- ------- -------- ---------------
Node1 0e - - - Info not available (node is offline)
Node1 0f - - - Info not available (node is offline)
Node1 0g - - - Info not available (node is offline)
Node1 0h - - - Info not available (node is offline)
Node2 0e true 3f0020 up online
Node2 0f true 630020 up online
Node2 0g false 0 up link not connected
Node2 0h false 0 up link not connected
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  • No virtual WWPNs were visible from the SAN switch for Node1.

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