Monitor Domain Controller Connectivity Issues in ONTAP
Applies to
- NetApp ONTAP 9
- AFF-A90 and other AFF/FAS systems running ONTAP
- CIFS/SMB environments integrated with Active Directory
Issue
- Customers monitoring for domain controller (DC) connectivity issues using the EMS event
secd.cifsAuth.problemmay receive false alerts - This EMS event is also triggered by authentication failures due to invalid credentials (such as unknown username or bad password), which contradicts the event catalog description:
::> event catalog show -message-name secd.cifsAuth.problemMessage Name: secd.cifsAuth.problemSeverity: ERRORDescription: This message occurs when a CIFS authentication attempt fails for any reason other than an unknown username or bad password.
