topic Re: Upgrade FAS2020A to FAS2040A in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Upgrade-FAS2020A-to-FAS2040A/m-p/17175#M1185 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes.&nbsp; They use the same chassis, so it is a controller swap.&nbsp; Work with your netapp team/var on a quote for new controllers and trade-in on the 2020 controller (if possible to trade-in) then you can have a short outage for the controller swap.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:09:58 GMT scottgelb 2011-04-26T16:09:58Z Upgrade FAS2020A to FAS2040A https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Upgrade-FAS2020A-to-FAS2040A/m-p/17170#M1184 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> Can you upgrade only the controller heads from a FAS2020 to a FAS2040?</P><P></P><P>Or do you need to purchase a full FAS2040 chassis and move the disks from the FAS2020 to the FAS2040?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:56:03 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Upgrade-FAS2020A-to-FAS2040A/m-p/17170#M1184 jmmorrell 2025-06-05T06:56:03Z Re: Upgrade FAS2020A to FAS2040A https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Upgrade-FAS2020A-to-FAS2040A/m-p/17175#M1185 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes.&nbsp; They use the same chassis, so it is a controller swap.&nbsp; Work with your netapp team/var on a quote for new controllers and trade-in on the 2020 controller (if possible to trade-in) then you can have a short outage for the controller swap.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:09:58 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Upgrade-FAS2020A-to-FAS2040A/m-p/17175#M1185 scottgelb 2011-04-26T16:09:58Z