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Connect-NaController always fails for Protocol -RPC saying The RPC server is unavailable.

sinhaa — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:35:38 GMT

Hi All,

I'm trying the following command but it fails. I think I'm missing something basic. Can anyone help me?

PS C:\Users\Administrator.QANBENG> Connect-NaController -Name 10..20.30.40 -rpc

Connect-NaController : RPC Error: The RPC server is unavailable. Code 0x6BA.

At line:1 char:1

+ Connect-NaController -Name 10.20.30.40 -rpc

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidResult: (10.226.208.232:NaController) [Connect-NaController], EAPITRANSMISSION

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RpcConnectionFailed,DataONTAP.PowerShell.SDK.ConnectNaController

I've enabled domain login to my Aray and I can login successfully using the give user. I login to a Windows machine with same Domain credentials and execute the above command. But it always fails.

Can anyone point me to where should I start debugging?

My Toolkit version:

PS C:\Users\Administrator.QANBENG> Get-NaToolkitVersion

Major Minor Build Revision

----- ----- ----- --------

3 2 0 62

My Array version:

NetApp Release R8.2.1RCxN_140113_0500 7-Mode: Mon Jan 13 05:31:38 PST 2014 <1>

Re: Connect-NaController always fails for Protocol -RPC saying The RPC server is unavailable.

JGPSHNTAP — Wed, 21 May 2014 12:30:16 GMT

Just want to make sure your netapp is running cifs

Re: Connect-NaController always fails for Protocol -RPC saying The RPC server is unavailable.

sinhaa — Wed, 21 May 2014 16:56:41 GMT

My Cifs is running. I am able to login as a Domain User into the array. I can connect using HTTP/HTTPS, but I want to connect using RPC.

Re: Connect-NaController always fails for Protocol -RPC saying The RPC server is unavailable.

JGPSHNTAP — Wed, 21 May 2014 18:06:32 GMT

https://communities.netapp.com/thread/23887

everything we've seen in the past points to a domain / user issue.

type whoami whoever that user is should have admin rights or whatever rights to the filer

PS C:\Users\Administrator.QANBENG -< --- does that user have rights

Re: Connect-NaController always fails for Protocol -RPC saying The RPC server is unavailable.

sinhaa — Thu, 22 May 2014 06:49:45 GMT

FAS2240-208-232*> useradmin whoami

QANBENG\Administrator

FAS2240-208-232*>

I'm in Group: Administrators and once I login I can do anything that an Administrator can.

But I don't see how permission etc is a problem. If that be the case I should have got something like Access Denied error. But The error thrown points me that there is no server listening for an RPC request.

Re: Connect-NaController always fails for Protocol -RPC saying The RPC server is unavailable.

JGPSHNTAP — Thu, 22 May 2014 12:44:23 GMT

Sorry, hopefully someone else can respond