StorageGRID Appliance reports Storage appliance storage connectivity degraded and Fibre channel link errors detected

Applies to

NetApp StorageGRID Appliances

Issue

StorageGRID reports Alert: Storage appliance storage connectivity degraded and/or legacy alarm: APMS - Storage Connectivity

SANtricity reports in  Major Event Log shows the following errors:

• Fibre channel link errors continue (Event type 1206)
• Fibre channel link errors - threshold exceeded (Event type 1207)

Examples:

Date/Time: 2/9/21 1:25:39 PM
Sequence number: 29
Event type: 1206
Event category: Error
Priority: Informational
Event needs attention: false
Event send alert: false
Event visibility: true
Description: Fibre channel link errors continue
Event specific codes: 0/0/0
Component type: Channel
Component location: Host-side: controller in bay B, port 4
Logged by: Controller in bay B

Date/Time: 2/9/21 1:30:39 PM
Sequence number: 31
Event type: 1207
Event category: Error
Priority: Critical
Event needs attention: true
Event send alert: true
Event visibility: true
Description: Fibre channel link errors - threshold exceeded
Event specific codes: 0/0/0
Component type: Channel
Component location: Host-side: controller in bay B, port 4
Logged by: Controller in bay B