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VLAN ports shows degraded with L2 Reachability status due to incorrect VLAN ID

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Networking
  • VLAN

Issue

  • VLAN ports (e.g., e0e-79 and e0g-63) appear as degraded in ONTAP due to L2 reachability issues.
  • Symptoms:

::> network port show -health -node <node_name>

Node Port Link Status Health Status Degraded Reasons
-------- --------- ------------ -------------- -----------------------
nodeA e0g up healthy -
e0g-63 up degraded l2_reachability
e0e-79 up degraded l2_reachability

nodeB e0g up healthy -
e0g-63 up degraded l2_reachability
e0e-79 up degraded l2_reachability
 

  • Event Logs:

[nodeA: vifmgr: vifmgr.port.monitor.failed:error]: The "l2_reachability" health check for port e0e-79 (node nodeA) has failed. The port is operating in a degraded state.
[nodeB: vifmgr: vifmgr.port.monitor.failed:error]: The "l2_reachability" health check for port e0g-63 (node nodeB) has failed. The port is operating in a degraded state.

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