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Easy OnTap Upgrades (NDU)

An easy way to upgrade your filer is to issue the following (always run the upgrade advisor prior to upgrades to ensure you're system is good to go to the version you're looking for).

1. download ontap from the NOW site
2. load that file onto a web server (http)
3. login to your filer from the console (rlm if preferred)
4. toasterA> software update http://{ipaddress}/{version}_setup_q.exe -r
5. toasterB> software update http://{ipaddress}/{version}_setup_q.exe -r
6. *you should update the disk and shelf firmware at this point to speed the cluster failover time*
7. toasterA> storage download shelf (Wait to complete)
8. toasterB> storage download shelf (Wait to complete)
9. toasterB> cf takeover
10. ... wait for reboot (10 min) ...
11. toasterB> cf giveback
12. toasterA> cf takeover
13. ... wait for reboot (10 min) ...
14. toasterA> cf giveback

NetApp OnTap 7.3 Released

A major release for NetApp posted to the NOW site today, OnTap 7.3. This is a major performance release for NetApp as it starts to take advantage of the powerful 64-bit cores that NetApp has in their lineup of products.

For those of you that have a NOW account:
http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel73/html/ontap/rnote/frameset.html