topic Prepare to reboot in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Prepare-to-reboot/m-p/39786#M2718 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just did an upgrade on an older FAS3040 system.&nbsp; Upgraded the firmware on the disks, then shelves, then DataOnTap (old version 7.3, new version 8.1).&nbsp; The upgrades all went fine, no error messages.&nbsp; At the end of the DataOnTap upgrade the filer was completing and then beginning to shutdown for a reboot.&nbsp; It never came back online.&nbsp; I went to look at the controller and the LCD screen read "prepare to reboot".&nbsp; I let it sit overnight, thinking perhaps there was more processing that needed to be done, but again this morning it is just sitting at that screen.&nbsp; I manually powered off and back on, but it booted right back into that screen..."prepare to boot".</P><P></P><P>I would appreciate any thoughts you have on what to do next.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:56:57 GMT mrthornton 2025-06-05T05:56:57Z Prepare to reboot https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Prepare-to-reboot/m-p/39786#M2718 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Just did an upgrade on an older FAS3040 system.&nbsp; Upgraded the firmware on the disks, then shelves, then DataOnTap (old version 7.3, new version 8.1).&nbsp; The upgrades all went fine, no error messages.&nbsp; At the end of the DataOnTap upgrade the filer was completing and then beginning to shutdown for a reboot.&nbsp; It never came back online.&nbsp; I went to look at the controller and the LCD screen read "prepare to reboot".&nbsp; I let it sit overnight, thinking perhaps there was more processing that needed to be done, but again this morning it is just sitting at that screen.&nbsp; I manually powered off and back on, but it booted right back into that screen..."prepare to boot".</P><P></P><P>I would appreciate any thoughts you have on what to do next.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:56:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Prepare-to-reboot/m-p/39786#M2718 mrthornton 2025-06-05T05:56:57Z Re: Prepare to reboot https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Prepare-to-reboot/m-p/39790#M2719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok, I figured this out.&nbsp; Logged in via the console and rebooted...it came up with a message that a system file on the compact flash was newer and needed to be upgraded.&nbsp; Ran the command to flash upgrade and the rest of the upgrade proceeded.&nbsp; After that the filer booted right up.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:46:20 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Prepare-to-reboot/m-p/39790#M2719 mrthornton 2013-07-31T16:46:20Z