Why is the be2net driver is logging "opcode 36-1 failed:status 68-0"?

Issue

We are getting the following for each of the be2net interfaces:

Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: be2net version is 10.4r
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: PCIe error reporting enabled
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: adapter not in advanced mode
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: FW config: function_mode=0x2403, function_caps=0xc
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: Max: txqs 1, rxqs 1, rss 0, eqs 16, vfs 0
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: Max: uc-macs 30, mc-macs 64, vlans 8
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: irq 132 for MSI/MSI-X
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: enabled 1 MSI-x vector(s) for NIC
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: created 1 TX queue(s)
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: created 0 RSS queue(s) and 1 default RX queue
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: FW version is 10.2.477.10
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: opcode 36-1 failed:status 68-0
Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: Emulex OneConnect(be3): PF FLEX10 port 0

The error is: Mar 30 09:57:09 rhel7 kernel: be2net 0000:04:00.6: opcode 36-1 failed:status 68-0