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FAS70 BMC failure prevents boot up

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Applies to

  • FAS70
  • Management Module

Issue

  • FAS70 is not able to boot up due to BMC failure

Waiting for BMC ...
BMC failure. Resetting BMC from primary FW. This can take a few minutes
Waiting for BMC ...
BMC failure. Resetting BMC from backup FW. This can take a few minutes
Waiting for BMC ...
Failed to recover BMC
IPMI PCI Slot Control failed.
Configuring Devices ...
IPMI:Get controller FRU inventory: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 8.4.0
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2024 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

ACPI RSDP Found at 0x777fe014
BIOS POST Failure(s) detected: BMC IPMI failure. Abort AUTOBOOT

  • Management Module re-seat does not solve the issue
  • Management Module swap in chassis slot does not solve the issue

 

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