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Virtual interface manager is not responding when IONIC card- X1151A in use

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Applies to

  • AFF-A400
  • X1151A Smart I/O (IONIC) card
  • ONTAP 9.11.1P8

Issue

  • Unable to run network related commands like 'network interface show', 'network port show'.
  • Slowness observed when running other commands.
  • 'Event log show' throwing "Nblade.longRunningRpcOp:error" and "vifmgr.rpc.nblade.timeouts:error"

Wed Sep 27 01:39:13 +0800 [Cluster-08: NBRpcSvrSched: Nblade.longRunningRpcOp:error]: Detected a long-running RPC operation (procedure number 20) for RPC server nitro_cfg. The server has not responded in 263122 seconds, which is over the threshold of 3600 seconds.

Sun Sep 24 00:20:39 +0800 [Cluster-07: vifmgr: vifmgr.rpc.nblade.timeouts:error]: The virtual interface manager is not receiving responses from the node's networking component.
Sun Sep 24 00:24:45 +0800 [Cluster-07: vifmgr: vifmgr.rpc.nblade.timeouts:error]: The virtual interface manager is not receiving responses from the node's networking component.
Mon Sep 25 00:28:43 +0800 [Cluster-07: vifmgr: vifmgr.rpc.nblade.timeouts:error]: The virtual interface manager is not receiving responses from the node's networking component.
Wed Sep 27 01:38:27 +0800 [Cluster-07: vifmgr: vifmgr.rpc.nblade.timeouts:error]: The virtual interface manager is not receiving responses from the node's networking component.

 

  • Sysconfig -a shows IONIC card with SFPs installed:

slot 3: Dual 100G Ethernet Controller IONIC
  e3a MAC Address:    00:ae:cd:0e:35:50 (auto-unknown-down)
      QSFP Vendor:         FINISAR CORP
      QSFP Part Number:    332-00440
      QSFP Serial Number:  XAAA99D
  e3b MAC Address:    00:ae:cd:0e:35:51 (auto-unknown-down)
      QSFP Vendor:         FINISAR CORP
      QSFP Part Number:    332-00440
      QSFP Serial Number:  XBBB99D
  Device Type:        ionic
  Firmware Version:   1.4.0-E-096
  Serial Number:      FPN21280086

 

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