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Node doesn't boot with illegible characters displayed at loader

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Applies to

  • AFF / FAS
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

  • Node doesn't boot past loading the image
 
Starting AUTOBOOT press Ctrl-C to abort...
Loading X86_64/freebsd/image1/kernel:0x200000/15706920 0x10fab28/13881896 Entry at 0xffffffff802dc4b0
Loading X86_64/freebsd/image1/platform.ko:0x1e38000/4076848 0x221b530/586840
Starting program at 0xffffffff802dc4b0
 
  • Additionally, Illegible characters are displayed on the loader prompt
 
LOADER-A> Wou{u}{{wo{uw}omww}w}mowouo}m]oumu{w{ooww}w}o[moo{wu{wowou{kwkuo}mwowm{k}owwouo{ou}oo}{ouwwowowouwmou{wmwowkuk}ow{omm}ow{omm}ow{w}wu{u{{o{o}wu}ou{u}u}{{wo{uw}omww}w}mowouo}m]oumu{w{ooww}w}o[moo{wu{wowou{kwkuo}mwowm{k}owwouo{ou}oo}

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