topic Re: 8.3.2P2 7-Mode support? in ONTAP Discussions

8.3.2P2 7-Mode support?

xyrenn — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:04:11 GMT

Did 7-Mode go away in this version? I recieved a new FAS2554 unit that is in clustered mode and was attempting to convert over to 7-mode but have been unsuccessful.

I performed set-defaults, boot_ontap and option 4. Once the wipe is complete the unit still returns to clustered mode.

Thanks.

Re: 8.3.2P2 7-Mode support?

JGPSHNTAP — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:50:57 GMT

7-mode is still there but only supported on 8.2.x.

You need to contact support to downgrade from cdot

Re: 8.3.2P2 7-Mode support?

xyrenn — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:29:54 GMT

Cool, will do. Thank you.

Re: 8.3.2P2 7-Mode support?

Naveenpusuluru — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:57:52 GMT

Hi @xyrenn

7 - mode is supported in 8.2.X.... If you want to downgrade the system from c-mode to 7-mode Please follow the below KB article.

https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/how-to-convert-a-clustered-data-ontap-8-x-node-to-a-7-mode-node?language=en_US

But you need to contact NetApp support or your reseller to get 7-mode licenses.

Please let me know if you have any concerns.

Re: 8.3.2P2 7-Mode support?

aborzenkov — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 04:14:05 GMT

Protocol licenses are the same in both 7-Mode and C-Mode.