topic Re: ONTAP 9.16 enable SFTP/FTP in ONTAP Discussions

ONTAP 9.16 enable SFTP/FTP

AhmedAl-Batoosh — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:14:27 GMT

We are currently working on configuring file transfer services on our NetApp ONTAP 9.16.1 environment and would like to request support in enabling FTP or SFTP access on a specific SVM.

- upgrading disk firmware or disk shelf firmware (IOM) on a NetApp ONTAP system (9.16.1) using an FTP server,
-download the system configuration backup from your NetApp ONTAP 9.16.1 system via FTP

if i can do the point up without FTP could share the steps

Re: ONTAP 9.16 enable SFTP/FTP

chenguanghui — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:12:10 GMT

hello:

one:Since transferring files via FTP may pose security risks, if you only want to move files, it is recommended that you consider using protocols supported by ONTAP (such as CIFS, NFS or SAN).

two:This link is for downloading the system configuration backup file from the ontap system via FTP. I hope it can be of help to you.

https://docs.netapp.com/zh-cn/ontap/system-admin/commands-manage-config-backup-schedules-reference.html

Best regards.

Re: ONTAP 9.16 enable SFTP/FTP

TMACMD — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 11:48:06 GMT

It’s not a push, but a pull:

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-cli/storage-firmware-download.html#description

The following URL protocols are supported: ftp, http, tftp and file. The file URL scheme can be used to specify the location of the package to be fetched from an external device connected to the storage controller. Currently, only USB mass storage devices are supported. The USB device is specified as file://usb0/<filename> . The package must be present in the root directory of the USB mass storage device.

Re: ONTAP 9.16 enable SFTP/FTP

Sanaman — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:42:45 GMT

Download the software on tour laptop. Run system Manager UI on your laptop and Upload the firmware to the cluster from your laptop/PC.

In System manager

In the left panel Cluster->Overview then right top corner 3 dots (:) click it and select Ontap Upgrade.