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Expansion to an 8 node a MetroCluster - Reboot causes error

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Applies to

  • 4 to 8 Node Expansion
  • MetroCluster IP
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

After completing 4 to 8 node expansion when rebooting the new nodes, reboot fails

failure: Waiting for reservations to clear.

Output storage failover show:
mcc1::*> storage failover show
                              Takeover
Node           Partner        Possible State Description
-------------- -------------- -------- -------------------------------------
Node1a           Node1b       true     Connected to mcc1-n2
Node1b           Node1a      true     Connected to mcc1-n1
Node1c           Node1d    false    Waiting for mcc1-node2, Takeover is
                  not possible: Storage failover
                                       interconnect error, NVRAM log not
                             synchronized, Disk inventory not
                                       exchanged
Node1d  Node1c     false    Waiting for mcc1-node1, Takeover is
                                       not possible: Storage failover
                                      interconnect error, NVRAM log not
                                       synchronized, Disk inventory not
                                       exchanged
4 entries were displayed.

Cluster1::*> network device-discovery show -node Cluster1*
Node/       Local  Discovered
Protocol    Port   Device (LLDP: ChassisID)  Interface         Platform
----------- ------ ------------------------- ----------------  ----------------

Warning: Unable to list entries for kernel on node "mcc0-node1": RPC: Couldn't make connection [from mgwd on node "mcc0-n1"
         (VSID: -1) to kernel at 169.254.225.171].
Node1d /cdp
            e0a    nexus1(FLM0000000)  Ethernet1/2       N9K-C9336C-FX2
            e1a    nexus2(FLM0000001)  Ethernet1/2       N9K-C9336C-FX2
Node1c /lldp
            e0b    nexus1 (00:b0:00:00:00:a0)
                                         Ethernet1/10      -
            e1b    nexus2 (c0:ab:0d:ac:da:00)
                         Ethernet1/10      -


 

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