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Subject:    Re: vifmgr.lifs.noredundancy
From:       TAYLOR DANIEL <dantaylor () ntlworld ! com>
Date:       2017-04-20 14:26:31
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Hi André,

Thanks.  That actually makes perfect sense.

Dan


> On 20 April 2017 at 15:10 "André M. Clark" <andre.m.clark@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For intercluster and node management LIFs, if you're not setting up
> redundant ports, which most don't, simply modify the failover-policy for those
> LIFs to disabled and the alerts will stop.
> 
> Sent from BlueMail http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=9531
> On Apr 20, 2017, at 07:20, "s.eno" <s.eno@me.com mailto:s.eno@me.com >
> wrote:
> 
> > > Yes, very annoying.  Getting these alerts for node
> > > management lifs, snapmirror lifs (built on 4 phys ports), etc.
> > 
> > We're confident in our redundancy and don't want to change things
> > just to make bogus alert emails stop.  
> > 
> > Wondering if there's a way in 9.1 to manage these alerts coming from
> > the nodes.  Currently getting inundated with failed login attempt emails as
> > infosec does their vulnerability scans. 
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > 
> > On Apr 20, 2017, at 7:40 AM, TAYLOR DANIEL <dantaylor@ntlworld.com
> > mailto:dantaylor@ntlworld.com > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Since the dawn of its inception by another third party we have
> > > been getting these messages for both intercluster LIFs:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Filer: ntap-a
> > > 
> > > Time: Sun, Apr 16 00:15:05 2017 +0100
> > > 
> > > Severity: LOG_ALERT
> > > 
> > > Message: vifmgr.lifs.noredundancy: No redundancy in the
> > > failover configuration for 1 LIFs assigned to node "ntap-a". LIFs:
> > > 
> > > uk:ntap_a_intercluster
> > > 
> > > Description: This message occurs when one or more logical
> > > interfaces (LIFs) are configured to use a failover policy that implies
> > > failover to one or more ports but have no failover targets beyond their
> > > home ports. If any affected home port or home node is offline or
> > > unavailable, the corresponding LIFs will be operationally down and unable
> > > to serve data.
> > > 
> > > Action: Add additional ports to the broadcast domains or
> > > failover groups used by the affected LIFs, or modify each LIF's failover
> > > policy to include one or more nodes with available failover targets. For
> > > example, the "broadcast-domain-wide"
> > > 
> > > failover policy will consider all failover targets in a
> > > LIF's failover group.
> > > 
> > > Use the "network interface show -failover" command to
> > > review the currently assigned failover targets for each LIF.
> > > 
> > > Source: vifmgr
> > > 
> > > Index: 6740328
> > > 
> > > [Note: This email message is sent using a deprecated event
> > > routing mechanism.
> > > 
> > > For information, search the knowledgebase of the NetApp
> > > support web site for "convert existing event configurations in Data ONTAP
> > > 9.0."]
> > > 
> > > 
> > > This intercluster LIF is part of an IFGRP which is made up of
> > > two vlanned ports, so by definition is redundant. 
> > > 
> > > My question, is this a bug in the error reporting or is there
> > > some configuration which is not supported here? 
> > > 
> > > We have another cluster which is configured with standard
> > > vlanned ports per node as opposed to ifgrps and this doesn't seem to
> > > complain. Just not sure if this is a problem or not, or if it's something
> > > we can suppress?
> > > 
> > > Running FAS8040, 9.1P2.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > > Dan
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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 </head><body><p>Hi Andr&#233;,</p><p>Thanks. &#160;That actually makes perfect \
sense.</p><p>Dan</p><p><br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 20 April 2017 at 15:10 \
&#34;Andr&#233; M. Clark&#34; &#60;andre.m.clark@gmail.com&#62; wrote:<br><br><div \
dir="auto">For intercluster and node management LIFs, if you&#39;re not setting up \
redundant ports, which most don&#39;t, simply modify the failover-policy for those \
LIFs to disabled and the alerts will stop. <br><br></div><div dir="auto"><!-- \
tmjah_g_1299s -->Sent from <!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><!-- tmjah_g_1299s --><a \
href="http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=9531">BlueMail</a><!-- tmjah_g_1299e --><!-- \
tmjah_g_1299s --> <!-- tmjah_g_1299e --></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 20, \
2017, at 07:20, &#34;s.eno&#34; &#60;<a href="mailto:s.eno@me.com" \
target="_blank">s.eno@me.com</a>&#62; wrote:<blockquote><div>Yes, very annoying. \
&#160;Getting these alerts for node management lifs, snapmirror lifs (built on 4 phys \
ports), etc.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div \
id="AppleMailSignature">We&#39;re confident in our redundancy and don&#39;t want to \
change things just to make bogus alert emails stop. &#160;</div><div \
id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Wondering if \
there&#39;s a way in 9.1 to manage these alerts coming from the nodes. \
&#160;Currently getting inundated with failed login attempt emails as infosec does \
their vulnerability scans.&#160;<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 20, \
2017, at 7:40 AM, TAYLOR DANIEL &#60;<a \
href="mailto:dantaylor@ntlworld.com">dantaylor@ntlworld.com</a>&#62; \
wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p>Hello,</p><p>Since the dawn of \
its inception by another third party we have been getting these messages for both \
intercluster LIFs:</p><p><br></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">Filer: ntap-a</p><p \
style="padding-left: 30px;">Time: Sun, Apr 16 00:15:05 2017 +0100</p><p \
style="padding-left: 30px;">Severity: LOG_ALERT</p><p style="padding-left: \
30px;">Message: vifmgr.lifs.noredundancy: No redundancy in the failover configuration \
for 1 LIFs assigned to node &#8220;ntap-a&#8221;. LIFs:</p><p style="padding-left: \
30px;">uk:ntap_a_intercluster</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">Description: This \
message occurs when one or more logical interfaces (LIFs) are configured to use a \
failover policy that implies failover to one or more ports but have no failover \
targets beyond their home ports. If any affected home port or home node is offline or \
unavailable, the corresponding LIFs will be operationally down and unable to serve \
data.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">Action: Add additional ports to the broadcast \
domains or failover groups used by the affected LIFs, or modify each LIF&#39;s \
failover policy to include one or more nodes with available failover targets. For \
example, the &#8220;broadcast-domain-wide&#8221;</p><p style="padding-left: \
30px;">failover policy will consider all failover targets in a LIF&#39;s failover \
group.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">Use the &#8220;network interface show \
-failover&#8221; command to review the currently assigned failover targets for each \
LIF.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">Source: vifmgr</p><p style="padding-left: \
30px;">Index: 6740328</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">[Note: This email message is \
sent using a deprecated event routing mechanism.</p><p style="padding-left: \
30px;">For information, search the knowledgebase of the NetApp support web site for \
&#34;convert existing event configurations in Data ONTAP \
9.0.&#34;]</p><p><br></p><p>This intercluster LIF is part of an IFGRP which is made \
up of two vlanned ports, so by definition is redundant.&#160;</p><p>My question, is \
this a bug in the error reporting or is there some configuration which is not \
supported here?&#160;</p><p>We have another cluster which is configured with standard \
vlanned ports per node as opposed to ifgrps and this doesn&#8217;t seem to complain. \
Just not sure if this is a problem or not, or if it&#8217;s something we can \
suppress?</p><p>Running FAS8040, \
9.1P2.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>Dan</p></div></blockquote><blockquote \
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