Created on
‎09-21-2023
08:20 AM
Edited on
‎09-01-2025
10:11 PM
By
Jean-Philippe_P
| Description | This article describes how to troubleshoot when a FortiGate chassis FPC Blade Slot's Status is Dead, and the Status Message is 'Waiting for management heartbeat'. |
| Scope | FortiGate Chassis. |
| Solution |
diagnose load-balance status MBD SN: F6KF31T018900000
Open two SSH connections to FortiGate:
1st SSH window:
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2nd SSH window: If the FPC is frozen, an NMI reset can be attempted to retrieve useful data. SSH outputs should be saved and could be shared with technical support. Once it is powered off/powered on from the 2nd SSH, some logs on the first SSH should be visible. Check the logs to see if it completes the boot process or if it gets stuck during booting.
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Perform an NMI reset first. If this does not help, perform a cold reboot.
execute load-balance slot nmi-reset <slot number>.
If the console log output is similar to 'scsi_read[1335]scsi error' then try to reformat and re-image the affected FPC Blade:
execute load-balance update image <slot number>
See the following article for detailed steps: Technical Tip: Procedure to download image on FPC from default TFTP server running on MBD.
Alternatively, create a ticket and upload the output of the above commands as well as the output of the following commands:
get system status |
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