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Affected Product Name | Description | Comments |
---|---|---|
N9K-C93108TC-EX | Nexus 9300 with 48p 10G BASE-T and 6p 100G QSFP28 | |
N9K-C93108TC-FX | Nexus 9300 with 48p 10G-T, 6p 100G QSFP28 | |
N9K-C93120TX | ^^^Nexus 9300 with 96p 1/10G-T and 6p 40G QSFP | |
N9K-C93180LC-EX | ^^^Nexus 9300 Series, Upto 32p 40/50G OR 18p 100G | |
N9K-C93180YC-EX | Nexus 9300 with 48p 10/25G SFP+ and 6p 100G QSFP28 | |
N9K-C93180YC-FX | Nexus 9300 with 48p 1/10/25G, 6p 40/100G, MACsec | |
N9K-C93240YC-FX2 | Nexus 9300 with 48p 10/25G SFP+ and 12p 100G QSFP28 | |
N9K-C9332C | Nexus 9K ACI & NX-OS Spine, 32p 40/100G & 2p 10G | |
N9K-C9336C-FX2 | Nexus 9300 Series, 36p 40/100G QSFP28 | |
N9K-C9348GC-FXP | Nexus 9300 with 48p 100M/1GT, 4p 10/25G & 2p 40/100G QSFP28 | |
N9K-C9364C | Nexus 9K ACI & NX-OS Spine, 64p 40/100G QSFP28 |
Defect ID | Headline |
CSCwa31249 | N9K stuck in boot loop due to policyelem hap reset after conversion to ACI |
Nexus 9000 Series switches shipped from the Service Depot via a Return Material Authorization (RMA) might fail when an upgrade to Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Release 4.2 and later is performed.
If you plan to upgrade an active network that is an earlier release of ACI to the impacted Release 4.2 or later, you must replace the switch prior to upgrade or this device will NOT work with the new software.
New switches received directly from manufacturing are not affected.
Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) software does not use this certificate. Switches that use NX-OS are not affected.
There was a change in the manufacturing process which was not reflected at the same time in the Service Depots. As such, Nexus 9000 Series switches that were handled by Service Depots during this time via an RMA went through a different certificate provisioning process.
If you have an affected switch that runs any ACI release earlier than Release 4.2, no issue is exhibited.
If you upgrade an affected switch to ACI Release 4.2 or later, the "policyelem hap reset
" issue is exhibited.
[ 515.607768] @@@cctrli: wrote 16 to scratch RR [ 515.660368] nvram_klm wrote rr=16 rr_str=policyelem hap reset to nvram [ 515.736919] Collected 9 ext4 filesystems [ 515.787134] Freezing filesystems [ 515.870371] Collected 0 ubi filesystems [ 515.917365] Freezing filesystems [ 515.958101] Done freezing filesystems [ 516.004045] Putting SSD in stdby [ 516.977462] Done putting SSD in stdby 0 [ 517.024456] Done offlining SSD [ 517.062066] Writing reg=0x84 val=0x80000000
If your switch continually exhibits the "hap reset
" error only on Release 4.2 and later, complete these steps in order to verify if it is affected:
cmdline no_hap_reset boot
Leaf# egrep 2099 /mnt/pss/bootlogs/current/cert_extract.log ... 2099 SUDI CERT present = TRUE ...
Leaf# cat /tmp/logs/dme_logs/svc_ifc_policyelem.log*
14754||2021-11-24T09:31:20.680537357+00:00||ifm||DBG4||co=ifm||Using regular cert's.||../dme/common/src/ifm/./IFMSSL.cc||287
14754||2021-11-24T09:31:20.681056311+00:00||ifm||DBG4||co=ifm||Failed to match Switch Regex ||../dme/common/src/ifm/./PeerVerificationUtils.cc||163
14754||2021-11-24T09:31:20.681094585+00:00||ifm||DBG4||co=ifm||Switch Certificate & SN mismatch||../dme/common/src/ifm/./IFMSSL.cc||309
14754||2021-11-24T09:31:20.681155894+00:00||ifm||ERROR||co=ifm||Failed to load the default SSL Engine||../dme/common/src/ifm/./IFMSSL.cc||208
14754||2021-11-24T09:31:20.681196907+00:00||log||CRIT||co=ifm||UNCONDITIONAL ASSERT (PANIC!) (!"failed to initialize openssl") failed @ ../dme/common/src/ifm/./Connection.cc:339
If your switch is impacted, and you will use it to upgrade to ACI Release 4.2, call the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for a replacement.
A replacement is ONLY required if the switch is used in ACI mode in the network and there are plans to upgrade the switch to Release 4.2.
In order to validate if your product is impacted, use the Serial Number Validation Tool described in the Serial Number Validation section.
Cisco provides a tool to verify whether a device is impacted by this issue. In order to check the device, enter the device's serial number in the Serial Number Validation Tool.
Note: For security reasons, you must click on the Serial Number Validation Tool link provided in this section to check the serial number for the device. Use of the Serial Number Validation Tool URL external to this field notice will fail.
Version | Description | Section | Date |
1.3 | Updated the Upgrade Program Information to use Support Case Manager (SCM). | Upgrade Program Information | 2023-SEP-11 |
1.2 | Updated the Product Tags. | — | 2023-MAR-07 |
1.1 | Added the Serial Number Validation and Upgrade Program Sections. | — | 2023-MAR-02 |
1.0 | Initial Release | — | 2023-FEB-21 |
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