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Ontap upgrade stalled due to LIFs being down with waiting for link and LIF not initialized state

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Applies to

  • Ontap
  • FC
  • Brocade

Issue

  • Ontap upgrade is stopped as LIFs are in down state.
  • LIFs are showing as down with waiting for link and LIF not initialized state as per below output.

netapp::*> network interface show -data-protocol fcp -fields status-admin,status-oper,status-extended
vserver         lif            status-oper status-extended   status-admin
--------------- -------------- ----------- ----------------- ------------
svm2 svm2_fc_lifa01 down        Waiting for Link. up
svm2 svm2_fc_lifa02 down        LIF not initialized up
svm2 svm2_fc_lifb01 up          NS Registration done up
svm2 svm2_fc_lifb02 up          NS Registration done up
svm3 svm3_fc_lifa01 down        Waiting for Link. up
svm3 svm3_fc_lifa02 down        LIF not initialized up
svm3 svm3_fc_lifb01 up          NS Registration done up
svm3 svm3_fc_lifb02 up          NS Registration done up
8 entries were displayed.

  • Few of the LIFs are up which are connected to switch2.
  • LIFs which are down are connected to redundant san switch that is switch1.

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