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ontap image choose

MJABER — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:17:47 GMT

hi all

i am going to do Dataon tap upgrade and i have landed on the image page to download nad founded two item :

one under pc_eld and one under x86_x64

please let me know what is the difference between both and which one to use

Re: ontap image choose

asulliva — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:15:35 GMT

Can you please provide the Data ONTAP version, Clustered or 7-Mode, and the hardware model you're downloading for?

Re: ontap image choose

MJABER — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:47:07 GMT

Data Ontap 7G Mode

8.1.4

FAS3170

Re: ontap image choose

asulliva — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:36:07 GMT

You will most likely want to get the ".tgz" version. The netboot image is usually used only in recovery circumstances, and the .zip file is used when upgrading from ONTAP 7.x.

Regardless, make sure you read, understand, and follow the instructions in the Upgrade Guide! If you have AutoSupport enabled, MyAutoSupport has an upgrade advisor which tells you about any configuration gotchas, etc. prior to performing the upgrade from old version to new version.

Andrew