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ANDU paused due to a T6 card error in a MetroCluster IP

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • MetroCluster IP
  • Automatic Non-Disruptive Upgrade (ANDU)
  • Dual 40/100G Ethernet T62100-CR Card
  • No takeover 

Issue

  • Shortly after ANDU ONTAP upgrade on a MetroCluster IP system started, the T6 card on one of the nodes reports a fatal error:

Tue Apr 13 11:00:26 +0100 [NodeA_01: intr: netif.fatal.err:alert]: The network device in slot 1 encountered fatal error e1a/e1b.

  • Both ports on the T6 card change their state to offline:

slot 1: Dual 40/100G Ethernet T62100-CR
        e1a MAC Address:    00:07:43:6f:ee:b0 (auto-unknown-fd-down)
        e1b MAC Address:    00:07:43:6f:ee:b8 (auto-unknown-fd-down)
        Device Type:        T6 2
        Firmware Version:   1.25.0.42
        Part Number:        110122860E0
        Hardware Revision:  0
        Serial Number:      PT12345678

  • ONTAP ADNU is paused due to takeover failed:

[?]  Tue Apr 13 11:00:26 +0100 [NodeA_01: upgrademgr: upgrademgr.update.pausedErr:error]: The automated update of the cluster has been paused due to the following reason:  Node "NodeA_02": Error: {Takeover failed.}, Action: {Use the "storage failover takeover -ofnode NodeA_01" command to trigger the takeover of the node "NodeA_01".}.

  • Both nodes are running and serving data, takeover didn't occur:

ClusterA::> storage failover show
                              Takeover
Node           Partner        Possible State Description
-------------- -------------- -------- -------------------------------------
ClusterA-01    ClusterA-02    false    Waiting for ClusterA-02, Takeover is
                                       not possible: Storage failover
                                       mailbox disk state is invalid,
                                       Storage failover interconnect error,
                                       NVRAM log not synchronized
ClusterA-02    ClusterA-01    false    Waiting for ClusterA-01, Takeover is
                                       not possible: Storage failover
                                       interconnect error, NVRAM log not
                                       synchronized
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