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Switch reports IFGRP member ports as an L2 loop incorrectly

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Networking
  • IFGRPs

Issue

 
  • Customer's data switch is reporting that two ports in an IFGRP are in a Layer 2 loop 
    2025 Jan 22 04:36:41.639 NONJC6SA06B %FWM-2-STM_LOOP_DETECT: Loops detected in the network for mac 02a0.98e1.f45f among ports Eth1/13 and Eth1/14 vlan 142 -Disabling dynamic learn notifications for 180 seconds
  • ONTAP IFGRP configuration is correct and doesn't appear to be the cause of the issue as no error or warning logs are generated in ONTAP EMS.

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