Erroneous message on boot, NVDIMM failed to upgrade firmware on A400 and A800
Applies to
- AFF A800
- AFF A400
- ONTAP 9
Issue
When booting, the follow message is seen:
Loading NVDIMM0 firmware version 2.6.2.c (was 2.5.3.c)
Programming NVDIMM0 FW. This could take over 8 minutes. Please wait...
Fri Feb 5 10:05:51 2021 [nvdimm.fw.upgrade.failure:ERROR]:NVDIMM controller in slot-11 failed to upgrade firmware because it is at ARMed state or has valid data