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Storage switches cannot be removed from the system

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Fabric Attached MetroCluster

Issue

  • Some FC switches are shown with unknown status in monitoring:
::> storage switch show
Symbolic                                Is        Monitor
Switch                Name     Vendor  Model Switch WWN       Monitored Status
--------------------- -------- ------- ----- ---------------- --------- -------
Brocade_10            sw_1bsw1 Brocade BrocadeG620 1000d81fcc163bc0 true      ok
Brocade_11            sw_1bsw2 Brocade BrocadeG620 1000d81fcc526ad2 true      ok
Brocade_12            sw_1asw1 Brocade BrocadeG620 1000d81fcc51c9b8 true      error
Brocade_13            sw_1asw2 Brocade BrocadeG620 1000d81fcc521666 true      error
sw_1asw1              sw_1asw1 Brocade false     unknown
sw_1asw2              sw_1asw2 Brocade false     unknown
sw_1bsw1              sw_1bsw1 Brocade false     unknown
sw_1bsw2              sw_1bsw2 Brocade false     unknown
8 entries were displayed.
  • An attempt to remove storage switch fails with the below error:
::*> storage switch remove -switch-name sw_1asw1
Error: command failed: sw_1asw1 has not been added for monitoring.

 

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