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Cluster join fails 'Unused cluster ports exist in the cluster'

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ONTAP 9

Issue

Trying to join 2 additional nodes to a pre-existing cluster using System Manager, the following error is seen

Unused cluster ports exist in the cluster. one or more ports may not be in the "healthy" state, or may be incorrectly assigned to the "Cluster" IPspace. Correct any issues, and then try the operation again.

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