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Node down and unable to access BMC and console

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Applies to

  • AFF/FAS systems
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

  • Node down and be taken over
  • Node fails to boot and serial console connection gives no output
  • SP/BMC not accessible
  • Reseat motherboard does not resolve this problem
  • The node can boot temporarily and then shut down again and keeps reporting Wait BMC self-test result continuously after reseat.

PEI start.
CPU PEI initialization.
Wait BMC self-test result. 
BMC self-test: OK.
UPI initialization.
CPU initialization.
Running full memory initialization.
CPU reset.
BIOS Version: 16.10
PEI start.
CPU PEI initialization.
Wait BMC self-test result. 
BMC self-test: OK.
UPI initialization.
CPU initialization.
Running full memory initialization.
BIOS Version: 16.10
PEI start.
CPU PEI initialization.
Wait BMC self-test result.
BMC self-test: OK.

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