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vifmgr.cluscheck.hwerrors: physical ports Tx queue_overflow counts increase

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Applies to

ONTAP prior to

  • 9.10.1P13
  • 9.11.1P10
  • 9.12.1P4
  • 9.13.1

Issue

  • Ifgrp reports vifmgr.cluscheck.hwerrors:

Fri Nov 18 17:20:04 +0900 [Node-01: vifmgr: vifmgr.cluscheck.hwerrors:alert]: Port a11v on node cl-01 is reporting a high number (at least 1 per 1000 packets) of observed hardware errors (CRC, length, alignment, dropped).

  • IFSTAT-A shows ifgrp have only Tx total errors counts:

-- interface  a11v  (94 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes, 46 seconds) --

RECEIVE
 Total frames:     6355m | Frames/second:     778  | Total bytes:     17574g
 Bytes/second:     2152k | Total errors:        0  | Errors/minute:       0
 Total discards:      0  | Discards/minute:     0  | Multi/broadcast:  9808k
...
TRANSMIT
 Total frames:     1694m | Frames/second:     207  | Total bytes:      1412g
 Bytes/second:      172k | Total errors:    17648  | Errors/minute:       0
 Total discards:      0  | Queue overflow:      0  | Multi/broadcast:   828k

  • Member ports have Tx queue overflow counts:

-- interface  e0c  (94 days, 12 hours, 23 minutes, 53 seconds) --

RECEIVE
 Total frames:     5566m | Frames/second:     682  | Total bytes:      7834g
 Bytes/second:      959k | Total errors:        0  | Errors/minute:       0
 Total discards:      0  | Discards/minute:     0  | Multi/broadcast:  3640k
...
TRANSMIT
 Total frames:      480m | Frames/second:      59  | Total bytes:       565g
 Bytes/second:    69258  | Total errors:        0  | Errors/minute:       0
 Total discards:  16942  | Queue overflow:  16942  | Multi/broadcast:   272k

 

-- interface  e0d  (94 days, 12 hours, 23 minutes, 52 seconds) --

RECEIVE
 Total frames:      788m | Frames/second:      97  | Total bytes:      1109g
 Bytes/second:      135k | Total errors:        0  | Errors/minute:       0
 Total discards:      0  | Discards/minute:     0  | Multi/broadcast:  1263k
...
TRANSMIT
 Total frames:     1213m | Frames/second:     149  | Total bytes:       846g
 Bytes/second:      103k | Total errors:        0  | Errors/minute:       0
 Total discards:    706  | Queue overflow:    706  | Multi/broadcast:   556k

 

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