Hi,
Update for you : I spun up a new Ontap simulator and discovered that until the cluster is formed, the Port's Health Status is not updated (a dash '-' is displayed as seen in the attached pic). Hence, your situation is normal and don't think it has anything to do with chassis, so we can rule that out.
Also, in the previous commands I mentioned '-role' switch does not apply.
Please try these commands:
Step1:
::> network port modify -node local -port e0b -ipspace Default
::> network port modify -node local -port e0d -ipspace Default
I believe when you do cluster setup now (e0b & e0d will not participate in the cluster setup).
Step2:
::> cluster setup
Thanks!