Node failed to boot with "BIOS POST Failure(s) detected. Abort AUTOBOOT"

Applies to

• ONTAP 9
• FAS / AFF platforms

Issue

• Node fails to boot with below output.

System BIOS shadowed
USB 2.0: MICRON eUSB DISK
BIOS is scanning PCI Option ROMs, this may take a few seconds...
WARNING
02A1: SP Not Found
 ERROR
No Response to Controller FRU ID Read Request via IPMI
ERROR
No Response to Midplane FRU ID Read Request via IPMI
Boot Loader version 4.3
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2014 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.CPU Type: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           C3528  @ 1.73GHz
BIOS POST Failure(s) detected. Abort AUTOBOOT
LOADER>

or

Initializing System Memory ...

Loading Device Drivers ...
Waiting for SP ...
SP failure. Resetting SP from primary FW. This can take a few minutes
Waiting for SP ...
SP failure. Resetting SP from backup FW. This can take a few minutes
Waiting for SP ...
Failed to recover SP
IPMI:Get controller FRU inventory:failed
Configuring Devices ...
IPMI PCI Slot Control failed.

CPU = 1 Processor(s) Detected.
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1528 @ 1.90GHz (CPU 0)
  CPUID: 0x00050663. Cores per Processor = 6
32768 MB System RAM Installed.
SATA (AHCI) Device: SV9MST6D120GLM41NP

Boot Loader version 6.0.3
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2018 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

BIOS POST Failure(s) detected: SP IPMI failure. Abort AUTOBOOT

            or

Initializing System Memory ...
Loading Device Drivers ...
Waiting for SP ...
IPMI:Read midplane FRU common header:failed
Configuring Devices ...

CPU = 1 Processor(s) Detected.
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU D-1557 @ 1.50GHz (CPU 0)
  CPUID: 0x00050664. Cores per Processor = 12
32768 MB System RAM Installed.
SATA (AHCI) Device: SV9MST6D120GLM41NP

Boot Loader version 6.0.10
Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Broadcom Corporation.
Portions Copyright (C) 2002-2020 NetApp, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

BIOS POST Failure(s) detected: Failed to get FRU data. Abort AUTOBOOT

• Reseating the motherboard does not resolve the issue