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LIFs are not accessible when hosted on an IFGRP with a MAC Address showing all zeros

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Interface group (ifgrp)

Issue

  • LIFs are not accessible when hosted on an interface group with a MAC address reporting not present or all zeros (00:00:00:00:00:00) in network port show output (or NETWORK-PORTS.XML AutoSupport section)
  • The vifmgr restarts abnormally with a SIGSEGV (Signal 11).

[node01: vifmgr: ucore.panicString:error]: 'vifmgr: Received SIGSEGV (Signal 11) at RIP 0x800b6fa78 accessing address 0 (pid 8827, uid 0, timestamp 1764149705)'

  • VIFMGR logs report that the interface group port is not found in the stack:

[Net::PortStackAdapter::getLinkState] Failed to read link state for port a0a: The port "a0a" does not exist in the stack.
[Net::PortStackAdapter::getLinkState] Failed to read link state for port a0a: The port "a0a" does not exist in the stack.
[Net::PortStackAdapter::getLinkState] Failed to read link state for port a0a: The port "a0a" does not exist in the stack.
[Net::PortStackAdapter::getStatus] Failed to read option state for port a0a: The port "a0a" does not exist in the stack.
[Net::PortStackAdapter::getStatus] Failed to read option state for port a0a: The port "a0a" does not exist in the stack.
[Net::PortStackAdapter::getMac] Failed to read mac for port a0a: The port "a0a" does not exist in the stack.

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