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hwassist becomes inactive with "Fail to bind UDP socket" after ONTAP upgrade

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Applies to

  • AFF A220
  • Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
  • Models without e0S using node management IP
  • ONTAP upgrade from 9.7 to 9.9.1
  • BMC firmware version 11.11 (fixed in CFBMC-4204)

Issue

  • After upgrading ONTAP from version 9.7 to 9.9.1, hwassist becomes inactive with the error "Fail to bind UDP socket".

Cluster::*> storage failover hwassist show
Node
-----------------
node-01
                             Partner: node-02
      Hwassist Enabled: true
                         Hwassist IP: 10.210.181.159
                       Hwassist Port: 4444
               Monitor Status: active
                     Inactive Reason: -
                   Corrective Action: -
     Keep-Alive Status: healthy
node-02
                             Partner: node-01
                    Hwassist Enabled: true
                        Hwassist IP: 10.210.181.158
                       Hwassist Port: 4444
                      Monitor Status: inactive
                     Inactive Reason: Fail to bind UDP socket.
                   Corrective Action: Run 'storage failover modify -hwassist-partner-ip <node-02's node management IP> -node node-01' and/or run 'storage failover modify -hwassist-partner-port <node-02's UDP port> -node node-01'
                   Keep-Alive Status: -
2 entries were displayed.

Cluster::*> storage failover hwassist show
Node
-----------------
node-01
 Partner: node-02
                    Hwassist Enabled: true
                         Hwassist IP: 10.210.181.159
      Hwassist Port: 4444
                      Monitor Status: inactive
                     Inactive Reason: Fail to bind UDP socket.
                   Corrective Action: Run 'storage failover modify -hwassist-partner-ip <node-01's node management IP> -node node-02' and/or run 'storage failover modify -hwassist-partner-port <node-01's UDP port> -node node-02'
 Keep-Alive Status: -
node-02
                             Partner: node-01
                    Hwassist Enabled: true
              Hwassist IP: 10.210.181.158
                       Hwassist Port: 4444
                      Monitor Status: active
                   Inactive Reason: -
                   Corrective Action: -
                   Keep-Alive Status: healthy
2 entries were displayed.

  • The BMC firmware version is 11.11, which is the fixed version (CFBMC-4204), but it does not recover within 120 seconds.

 

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