Disabling BOM (Bill of Materials) configuration for Fibre Channel
If the Fibre Channel BOM is enabled on a node, but you don't want the Fibre channel functionality and don't intend to configure Fibre Channel ports for workloads, ensure that you disable the BOM. If the BOM is not disabled, the nodes become unhealthy and you start receiving AutoSupport alerts.
To disable Fibre Channel BOM:
- Use SSH Login to Node level CLI using the eth1 IP address of the node
- Run the following command:
"support bom-conf get
- To update this
bom-config.jsonfile open an NFS share by running the following command:system software share open
- Mount the above open NFS share on any available Linux Client by using the Linux command:
mount -t nfs ipaddressorfqdn:/system/inst/patch/incoming /mnt
where ipaddressorfqdn is the IP address or the FQDN that was displayed when you ran the system software share open command.
The
/mntlocation can be changed to the required location for mounting the NFS share.The
bom-config.jsonfile is copied to the/mntlocation. - Set the FC-ENABLE key value to 0. Open the
bom-config.jsonusing the vim command:vim bom-config.json
Change the FC-ENABLE key to 0 and save the file. The updated file should look similar to shown below:
- Log in to the Appliance Node-level CLI again using the eth1 IP address of the node.
- Run the following command to update configuration:
support bom-conf update
- After the file is updated, close the open NFS share:
system software share close
- Perform the same procedure on all the other nodes.
After you disable the Fibre Channel BOM, the nodes will turn healthy and you will no longer receive alerts.
