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VIP Data LIF Shows “Operationally Down” Due to Incorrect BGP Peer ASN Configuration

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
  • Virtual IP (VIP) LIF
  • MetroCluster IP (MCC-IP) environments

Issue

VIP Data LIF status is operationally down.
  • Extended status shows:
This LIF is down because all failover targets are either down or otherwise unavailable. 
Use the "network interface show -failover" command to review the LIF's failover configuration.
  • EMS log reports:
[vifmgr.vipLifWithoutBgp:error]: VIP lif <lif_name> on Vserver <vserver_name> does not have BGP peer group in IPspace <ipspace_name> on node <node_name>.
  • BGP Neighbor log:

BGP neighbor is 10.10.10.0, remote AS 12345678, Multihop (64)
 Description: 1
  BGP state = Idle　★
  Last read 00:00:18, holdtime 240s, keepalive interval 80s
  Last write 00:00:18

  Message statistics:
                  Sent       Received
  Opens                 1524       1524
  Notifications         1524          0
  Updates                  0          0
  Keepalives               0          0
  Route Refresh            0          0
  Total                 3048       1524

  Update statistics:
                  Sent       Received
  Prefixes                 0          0
  Updates                  0          0
  Withdraws                0          0
  End-of-Rib               0          0

  Last error sent: error in OPEN message, AS unacceptable　★

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