AFF fails to boot: Could not patch FRU data from controller to SMBIOS table
Applies to
AFF systems
Issue
Node fails to boot with the following error:
Ready to boot.
Boot Loader version 6.2.8
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ACPI RSDP Found at 0x6c08a000
BMC IPMI communication failed
ERROR: Platform verification failed. Autoboot will be disabled.
ERROR: Could not patch FRU data from controller to SMBIOS table. Reason: Not found
LOADER-A> boot_ontap
Loading X86_64/freebsd/image1/kernel:0x200000/1091639 0x30b000/10927968 0xf77000/3783336 0x1312aa8/13717528 0x200200/1016 Entry at 0xffffffff8030b000
Loading X86_64/freebsd/image1/platform.ko:0x2028000/4403056 0x245af70/596184
Starting program at 0xffffffff8030b000
NetApp Data ONTAP 9.7P6
arc4random: no preloaded entropy cache
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This platform is not supported in this release.
The system will now halt
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BIOS Version: 13.5
PEI start.
CPU PEI initialization.
Wait BMC self-test result.
BMC self-test: No Response.
Running full memory initialization.
SPI FLASH: Primary BIOS
PEI end.
BMC self-test is No Response. Reset BMC 1st time.
Wait BMC for 30 seconds.