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Broadcast domain partitioned error reported in EMS logs

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Ethernet switches    

Issue

  • VIFMGR can log the following EMS entry when a l2ping happens across ports of a Broadcast Domain:

[node1: vifmgr: vifmgr.bcastDomainPartition:alert]: Broadcast domain BD1 is partitioned into 2 groups on node node1. The different groups are: {E0M}, {A0A}. LIFs hosted on the ports in this broadcast domain may be at the risk of seeing connectivity issues.

  • Running the command broadcast-domain show returns the correct information for the broadcast domain:

cluster::*> network port broadcast-domain show
IPspace Broadcast
Name    Domain Name Port                          
------- ----------- -----------------------------
Cluster Cluster
                    node1:e0d              
                    node1:e0f                                    
                    node2:e0d                                        
                    node2:e0f              
                                                       
Default BD1
                    node1:a0a              
                    node1:e0M              
                    node2:a0a              
                    node2:e0M 

 

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