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Primary BIOS flash image failed. system booted from the backup BIOS flash image

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.13.1 and later
  • BIOS FW

Issue

During an ONTAP and  firmware upgrade, node could not complete the giveback command.

  • During boot, error reports:

[Node-01:mgr.boot.bios_backup_flash:error]: System boot from the primary BIOS flash image failed. system booted from the backup BIOS flash image.
Waiting for giveback...(Press Ctrl-C to abort wait)

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