NSE node fails to boot during upgrade to ONTAP 9.3 after KMIP config has been removed
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE)
- External Key Manager
Issue
- NSE cluster is being upgraded to ONTAP 9.3+
- Self encrypting drives (SED's) were set to 0x0, key managers removed and external KMIP configuration deleted per this KB.
- During automatic upgrade (ANDU), one or more nodes will not boot with the following error:
ERROR: kmip_init: Neither kmip.init.interface nor kmip.init.interface.ipv6 found
WARNING: kmip_init: authentication keys might not be available.
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* A T T E N T I O N *
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* System cannot connect to key managers. *
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ERROR: kmip_init: halting this NSE system...
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Terminated
Uptime: 37s
System halting...