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AFF-A70 Controller Fails to Boot due to NVRAM Not Recognized

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Applies to

  • AFF-A70
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

  • The controller fails to boot and repeatedly restarts due to NVRAM recognition:

Configuring Devices ...
IPMI:Read NVRAM FRU common header:failed

CPU = 2 Processor(s) Detected.
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5416S (CPU 0)
  CPUID: 0x000806F8. Cores per Processor = 16
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5416S (CPU 1)
  CPUID: 0x000806F8. Cores per Processor = 16
131072 MB System RAM Installed.
NVME Device: 0X331111900329D0SAM000PM9A30001T00025000

Boot Loader version 8.5.1
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2025 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

ACPI RSDP Found at 0x777fe014
BIOS POST Failure(s) detected: Failed to get FRU data. Abort AUTOBOOT

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