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AFF A300 data port is down

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Applies to

  • AFF A300
  • ONTAP 9
  • Onboard data ports (a0a, a0b, e0c, e0d)

Issue

  • Data ports are down (sysconfig -a)
slot 0: 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller IX4-T
e0c MAC Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (auto-unknown-fd-down)
e0d MAC Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx(auto-1000t-fd-up)
  • In some cases, the port may be up but going down very often:

::> network port show -health -node node-01
Node Port Link Status Degraded Reasons
-------- ---- ---- -------- ----------------
node-01
a0a up degraded link_flapping
a0b up degraded link_flapping

 

 

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