Cannot remove Flexarray disk ownership from node owning the disk

Applies to

• FAS8200
• E5600
• ONTAP  9.11.1P6
• Flexarray

Issue

• Unable to remove disk ownership from the node that owned the disk
  • When running the removeowner command,  the following error message is observed:

cluster::*> storage disk removeowner -disk NET-3.272

Error: command failed: Disk NET-3.272 is not connected to node05

• Can not unassign disks, container type shows unknown.

cluster::*> storage disk show -node node05
Usable Disk Container Container
Disk Size Shelf Bay Type Type Name Owner
---------------- ---------- ----- --- ------- ----------- --------- --------
NET-3.272 - - - LUN unknown - node05
NET-3.130 - - - LUN unknown - node05
NET-3.131 - - - LUN unknown - node05
...

• From nodeshell, unable to remove disk ownership of either node that the disk is connected to:​​

cluster::> node run -node Node05
Node01> priv set diag
Node01*> disk remove_ownership <disk-path>
Node01*> disk show -n
Node01*> exit

• SYSCONFIG-A output indicate FC host adapter has a link up, but drives are not mapped to the node node05 that owns the disk.

slot 2: FC Host Adapter 2a (Emulex XE201 rev. 48, N-port, <UP>)
		Board name:        111-xxxxx
		Serial Number:     FPxxxxxxxx
		Firmware rev:      12.0.378.1
		Host Port Id:      0x3a0180
		FC Node Name:      2:000:001xxx:xxxxxx
		FC Port Name:      1:000:001xxx:xxxxxx
		SFP Vendor:        EMULEX
		SFP Part Number:   AFBR-xxxxx-xxx
		SFP Serial Number: AC1xxxxxx
		SFP Capabilities:  4, 8 or 16 Gbit
		Link Data Rate:    16 Gbit
		Switch Port:       ?