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System is going to shutdown because NVMEM subsystem failed initialization or configuration check panic received after NDVIMM replacement

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Applies to

  • AFF A800
  • NVDIMM
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

After NVDIMM replacement, the system panics after a 30 minute timeout expires:

/etc/netapp_loadnvram: 1: not found
Loading NVDIMM1 firmware version 2.6.2.c (was 2.5.2.c)
Programming NVDIMM1 FW. This could take over 8 minutes. Please wait...
..................................................................................Tue May  4 15:53:54 2021 [nvdimm.fw.upgrade.succeed:NOTICE]:NVDIMM controller firmware in slot-23 was upgraded to 2.6.2.c.
.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

.........[nvdimm.nvmem.initfail:FAULT]:NVDIMM startup failed due to FW upgrade timeout. To prevent NVMEM data loss, halt the system.

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NVMEM subsystem failed initialization or configuration check
To prevent NVMEM data loss, halt the system.
Set bootarg.init.battery_override can ignore this error and continue to boot.
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PANIC  : System is going to shutdown because NVMEM subsystem failed initialization or configuration check.

Dumper is not yet registered. A coredump will not be available at this time.
System halting...


 

 

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