Description of HA pair status messages

The cf status command displays information about the status of the HA pair.

The following table shows messages that the cf status command can display:

Message Meaning
HA enabled, partner_name is up. The HA pair is operating normally.
local_node has taken over partner_node. One node has taken over the other node.
Interconnect not present. The system does not recognize the existence of a HA interconnect adapter.
Interconnect is down. The HA interconnect adapter cannot access the partner. This might be due to cabling problems or the partner might be down.
Interconnect is up. The HA interconnect adapter is active and can transmit data to the partner.
partner_name_1 has detected a mailbox disk error, takeover of partner_name_2 disabled. One node cannot access multiple mailbox disks. Check access to both the local and partner root volumes and mirrors, if they exist. Also check for disk or FC-AL problems or offline storage adapters.
partner_name_2 may be down, takeover disabled because of reason (partner halted in notakeover mode)

partner_name_1 has disabled takeover by partner_name_2 (interconnect error)

interconnect_type Interconnect is down (Link 0 down).

One node might be down.
Version mismatch. The partner node has an incompatible version of Data ONTAP.
partner_name_1 is attempting takeover of partner_name_2, takeover is in module n of N modules. A takeover is being attempted (includes information about how far the takeover has progressed).
partner_name_1 has taken over partner_name_2, giveback in progress, giveback is in module n of N modules. A giveback is being attempted (includes information about how far the giveback has progressed).
partner_name_1 has taken over partner_name_2, partner_name_2 is ready for giveback. The takeover node has received information that the failed node is ready for giveback.
partner_name_1 has taken over partner_name_2, partner_name_2 is ready for giveback.

Automatic giveback is disabled due to exceeding retry count.

The takeover node received information that the failed node is ready for giveback, but giveback cannot take place because the number of retries exceeded the limit.