topic Re: How to boot netapp 7 mode with privious version in ONTAP Hardware

How to boot netapp 7 mode with privious version

NetappFAS2220 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:50:18 GMT

Hi,

My Netapp device boot with latest upgraded version every time 8.2.3P2 & it works fine but my 7-character key not working. it need 28 character key. I upgraded my netapp device 8.1 to 8.2 last year. when i see in my netapp system "Version" then it show me both os available in my netapp. ( Screenshot attached below).

What i can do to use my netapp? Can i downgrade 8.2 to 8.1 ( Please help me for how to process) or

Version and Mode	License Key Format
Data ONTAP 8.0/8.1 7-Mode	7-character, all uppercase alpha (example: ABCDEFG)
Clustered Data ONTAP 8.0/8.1	14-character, all uppercase alpha (example: ABCDEFGHJKLMNP)
Data ONTAP 8.2 (both modes) and 8.3	28-character, all uppercase alpha (example: ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZABCD)

Re: How to boot netapp 7 mode with privious version

SpindleNinja — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 22:18:58 GMT

won't it be eaiser just to get the correct keys from netapp support?

https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1002746/~/what-is-the-procedure-to-request-license-keys-for-different-versions-of-data

Re: How to boot netapp 7 mode with privious version

paul_stejskal — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:33:14 GMT

Agreed. We can just get it for you in Support. It also might be on the Support site or ActiveIQ page under your installed systems.