Hi all,
I have a new 3240EA system (two controllers in two different enclosures) and have some troubles with hw_assist feature configuration. It is 8.0.2 7-Mode ONTAP version.The problem manifestation is the following:
NAS-THQ-1A> cf hw_assist test
cf hw_assist Error: No response from partner(NAS-THQ-1B), timed out.
NAS-THQ-1B> cf hw_assist test
cf hw_assist Error: No response from partner(NAS-THQ-1A), timed out.
NAS-THQ-1A> cf hw_assist status
Local Node(NAS-THQ-1A) Status:
Active: NAS-THQ-1A monitoring alerts from partner(NAS-THQ-1B)
port 4444 IP address x.y.z.121
Missed keep alive alert from partner(NAS-THQ-1B).
No keep alive alert received from partner since last boot.
Partner Node(NAS-THQ-1B) Status:
Active: NAS-THQ-1B monitoring alerts from partner(NAS-THQ-1A)
port 4444 IP address x.y.z.122
NAS-THQ-1B> cf hw_assist status
Local Node(NAS-THQ-1B) Status:
Active: NAS-THQ-1B monitoring alerts from partner(NAS-THQ-1A)
port 4444 IP address x.y.z.122
Missed keep alive alert from partner(NAS-THQ-1A).
No keep alive alert received from partner since last boot.
Partner Node(NAS-THQ-1A) Status:
Active: NAS-THQ-1A monitoring alerts from partner(NAS-THQ-1B)
port 4444 IP address x.y.z.121
But, it looks everyting is ok:
NAS-THQ-1A> ping x.y.z.122
x.y.z.122 is alive
NAS-THQ-1B> ping x.y.z.121
x.y.z.121 is alive
NAS-THQ-1A> ifconfig e0M
e0M: flags=0x2b4c867<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 1500
inet x.y.z.121 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast x.y.z.127
ether 00:a0:98:16:bb:84 (auto-100tx-fd-up) flowcontrol full
NAS-THQ-1B> ifconfig e0M
e0M: flags=0x2b4c867<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 1500
inet x.y.z.122 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast x.y.z.127
ether 00:a0:98:15:d5:6c (auto-100tx-fd-up) flowcontrol full
NAS-THQ-1A> options cf.hw_assist
cf.hw_assist.enable on
cf.hw_assist.partner.address x.y.z.122
cf.hw_assist.partner.port 4444
NAS-THQ-1B> options cf.hw_assis
cf.hw_assist.enable on
cf.hw_assist.partner.address x.y.z.121
cf.hw_assist.partner.port 4444
NAS-THQ-1A> cf status
Cluster enabled, NAS-THQ-1B is up.
Interconnect status: up.
NAS-THQ-1B> cf status
Cluster enabled, NAS-THQ-1A is up.
Interconnect status: up.
What is wrong? Thanks.