NVMe shelf not being detected during new installation
Applies to
- FAS
- AFF
- NS224 disk shelf
Issue
- During a new installation both nodes are stuck in a boot loop and console logs show the following:
fm_run0: no local disks found & OFW channel is not up.
WARNING: 0 disks found!
Storage Adapters found:
0 Fibre Channel Storage Adapters found!
4 SAS Adapters found!
0 Parallel SCSI Storage Adapters found!
0 ATA Adapters found!
4 Unknown Storage Adapters found!
Feb 20 16:53:42 [localhost:cf.fm.noMBDisksOrIc:error]: Could not find the local mailbox disks. Could not determine the firmware state of the partner through the HA interconnect.
Select option 4 from the boot menu to choose disks for the root volume and spare core space.
Target Adapters found:
0 Fibre Channel Target Adapters found!
0 iSCSI Target Adapters found!
WARNING: there do not appear to be any disks attached to the system.
No root volume found.
Rebooting... (press ctrl-c during boot to break reboot loop)
- Physical connectivity from the nodes to shelf is good.
- The disks are correctly populated as per the KB How to physically populate a DS224C or NS224 disk shelf with a partial set of disks