Cluster ports down after ONTAP upgrade or reboot

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Last Updated:: 3/26/2025, 12:34:56 AM

Applies to

ONTAP 9
Automated nondisruptive upgrade (ANDU)
FAS/AFF/ASA systems with on-board cluster ports
Switched or switchless clusters

Issue

Cluster ports show down after during an ONTAP upgrade after the first reboot into the new ONTAP version. This can also bee seen with a planned or unplanned reboot of the given node.
The storage failover show displays the following state description:

Node Partner Possible State Description

-------------- -------------- -------- ------------------------------------- node-01 node-02 true Connected to node-02, Partial giveback node-02 node-01 true Connected to node-01. Waiting for cluster applications to come online on the local node. Offline applications: mgmt, vldb, vifmgr, bcomd, crs.

The cluster image show-update-progress will show a typical output:

Cluster::*> cluster image show-update-progress

Estimated Elapsed Update Phase Status Duration Duration -------------------- ----------------- --------------- --------------- Pre-update checks completed 00:10:00 00:01:04 Data ONTAP updates paused-on-error 01:32:00 1 days 02:39

Details:

Node name Status Status Description -------------------- ----------------- -------------------------------------- node-01 waiting node-02 failed Error: Node "node-02" is not in "connected" state after giveback. Action: Use the "storage failover show" command to verify that node "node02" is in the "connected" state.

Status: Paused - An error occurred in "Data ONTAP updates" phase. The update cannot continue until the error has been resolved. Resolve all issues, then use the "cluster image resume-update" command to resume the update.

The output of cluster ring show from the up node will not be able to list the entries from the affected node:

::*> cluster ring show Node UnitName Epoch DB Epoch DB Trnxs Master Online --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------- node-01 mgmt 6 6 41 node-01 master node-01 vldb 6 6 3 node-01 master node-01 vifmgr 6 6 30 node-01 master node-01 bcomd 6 6 1 node-01 master node-01 crs 6 6 1 node-01 master

Warning: Unable to list entries on node node-02. RPC: Couldn't make connection [from mgwd on node "node-01" (VSID: -1) to mgwd at 169.254.200.103]

The rings will show offline locally on the affected node:

::*> cluster ring show Node UnitName Epoch DB Epoch DB Trnxs Master Online --------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------- --------- node-02 mgmt 0 3 1165 - offline node-02 vldb 0 3 39 - offline node-02 vifmgr 0 3 248 - offline node-02 bcomd 0 3 16 - offline node-02 crs 0 3 8 - offline node-02 mgmt - - - - - 6 entries were displayed.

Warning: Unable to list entries on node node-01. RPC: Couldn't make connection [from mgwd on node "node-02" (VSID: -1) to mgwd at 169.254.200.103] 5 entries were displayed.