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Unable to Netboot AFF or FAS controller

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9 Platforms
  • Netbooting

Issue

  • When attempting to Netboot and install the ONTAP image to the boot device the below error message is seen.
  • Another boot device works fine in the system.
LOADER-B> netboot tftp://1.1.1.1/98P8_q_image. tgz
Downloading 10.61.185.16/98P8_q_image.tgz ..
Download failed: Timeout occured
Error opening archive: tftp://1.1.1.1/98P8_q_image.tgz
No program name specified
*** command status = Error(-1)
LOADER-B>

 

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