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Unable to join nodes to the cluster

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Applies to

ONTAP 9.7

Issue

Cluster join fails:
 
Existing cluster interface configuration found:

Port    MTU     IP              Netmask
e0a     9000    169.254.68.176  255.255.0.0
e0b     9000    169.254.215.166 255.255.0.0

Do you want to use this configuration? {yes, no} [yes]:

Step 1 of 3: Join an Existing Cluster
You can type "back", "exit", or "help" at any question.

Enter the IP address of an interface on the private cluster network from the cluster you want to join: 169.254.160.16

Joining cluster at address 169.254.160.16                                       

System start up .....Error: At least one cluster interface is required for this operation.

 

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