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Disabling IPv4/IPv6 IP for BMC not working from ONTAP and shows error

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Applies to

  • AFF A400
  • FAS8700
  • FAS8300
  • FAS2820

Issue

Disabling IPv4/IPv6 of BMC from ONTAP not working and shows error to enable IPv6/IPv4, even though both IPv4 and IPv6 are enabled.

::> sp network modify -node node1 -address-family IPv4 -enable false

Error: command failed: IPv4 address can be disabled only if IPv6 address is enabled.

::> sp network modify -node node1 -address-family IPv6 -enable false

Error: command failed: IPv6 address can be disabled only if IPv4 address is enabled.

 

 

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