EMS reports "Partner SP firmware does not support the hw_assist feature" error
Applies to
- AFF A700
- AFF A250
- FAS 8200
- ONTAP 9
- Service Processor (SP)
Issue
- EMS reports the following errors.
Example:
Thu Nov 09 20:24:17 [node09: cf_hwassist: cf.hwassist.IpNotConfigured:error]: cf hw_assist: Partner(node10)'s SP is not configured with the right IP address family. Use the "storage failover hwassist show" command for details.
Fri Nov 10 04:36:17 [node09: cf_hwassist: cf.hwassist.FwUpgrade:error]: HA hw_assist: Partner(node10) SP firmware does not support the hw_assist feature.
Fri Nov 10 12:48:17 [node09: cf_hwassist: cf.hwassist.FwUpgrade:error]: HA hw_assist: Partner(node10) SP firmware does not support the hw_assist feature.Storage failover showoutput:
::*> storage failover show -fields hwassist-status
node hwassist-status
------ ---------------
node01 active
node02 active
node03 active
node04 active
node05 active
node06 active
node07 active
node08 active
node09 inactive:SP on node10 is not capable of sending alerts over IPv4 address.
node10 active