topic ASA to AFF conversion in ONTAP Hardware

ASA to AFF conversion

Klemen — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:03:43 GMT

Hello.

Is it possible to convert from ASA to AFF personality? We need to test also NAS protocols.

Thank you!

Klemen

Re: ASA to AFF conversion

andris — Mon, 01 May 2023 17:58:05 GMT

Switching personalities of a system (FAS, AFF, ASA AFF) is not supported.

Re: ASA to AFF conversion

XBR500 — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 07:44:22 GMT

https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-whatsnew/ontap991fo_san_enhancements.html#nvmefc-support

With the assistance of a script and NetApp TME or Professional Services resources, you can convert existing AFF SAN clusters to ASA personalities without needing to migrate data.

Re: ASA to AFF conversion

jaikumar — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:27:14 GMT

Just note that starting 9.12.1 , the AFF to ASA conversion is no longer available (& starting 9.13.1 ASA will be shipped as new platform with unique model string).