topic Re: in place update fas8040 to fas2820 in ONTAP Hardware

in place update fas8040 to fas2820

PaulWitta — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:26:47 GMT

can i assign aggr ownership and boot ontap 9.8 aggr and system vol0 to 9.13 on fas2820 ?

or do i need to bring a fas2750 to step over 9.10 or so in the process?

Re: in place update fas8040 to fas2820

chamfer — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:21:10 GMT

I assume that you are looking to perform an Aggregate ReLocation (ARL)? They are complicated and I even struggled with NetApp support when I had issues. You are best to engage with someone who has performed a number of ARLs, I know someone who I can provide as a good reference, just DM me if you need details.

I am sure that you would need a platform that can run ONTAP 9.8, such as the FAS2750 to perform the migration as a stepping stone to FAS2800. There is NetApp documentation, but it does not cover all areas, reference here https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap-systems-upgrade/upgrade-arl-manual-app/

Re: in place update fas8040 to fas2820

Matysznak — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:48:38 GMT

No You can't. You have to have same version of ontap. If you have fas 2750 You can downgrade it to 9.8, connect shelf from 8040 an reassign the disks and boot with 8040 aggregates. After That you can upgrade 2720 to newest version matchin 2820 and do the same again. Warning:

On 8040 you have probably old sas6 stack. Ontap since 9.16 didnt support SAS6