topic Re: AFF200 Headupgrade in AFF

AFF200 Headupgrade

thomas382 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:40:33 GMT

Hello;

We want to upgrade our AFF200, Dualhead, is there an Best Practice Procedure or a Manual you could recommend?

Many Thanks, Thomas

Re: AFF200 Headupgrade

Mjizzini — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 11:06:15 GMT

The ONTAP Upgrade Advisor is a tool within Active IQ that will provide a plan with steps and commands to successfully perform a ONTAP upgrade or revert.

How Data ONTAP Upgrade Advisor helps to perform a Data ONTAP upgrade or revert to an earlier version?

Updating software on ONTAP clusters

Upgrading or downgrading a cluster nondestructively by using the rolling upgrade method

Re: AFF200 Headupgrade

thomas382 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:10:55 GMT

Thanks Mjizzini,

I already upgraded to the newest Ontap Version, can i finde a Manual for the Head upgrade from AFF200 to AFF220?

Many Thanks, Thomas

Re: AFF200 Headupgrade

SpindleNinja — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:29:40 GMT

Here's a good doc to start with if you want to read about the procedure. https://docs.netapp.com/platstor/topic/com.netapp.doc.hw-upgrade-controller/Miscellaneous%20-%20Upgrading%20controller%20hardware.pdf

Re: AFF200 Headupgrade

thomas382 — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:07:40 GMT

Thanks SpindleNinja;

Do i understand you right

When i only change the AFF200 Controllers to AFF220 Controllers, we keep the Shelf and HDDs, after reload/takeover/giveback the old system didn't came up with the same Settings?

Do i need to add them as additional Nodes like in the Manual?

Thanks, Thomas

Re: AFF200 Headupgrade

SpindleNinja — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:28:42 GMT

There's a lot more to it than just putting in the new controllers. Most customers will get Partner or NetApp PS for the headswap.

Edit: there are two ways to do "upgrade controllers". There's the "head swap" part, which is moving disks to a new controller pair; or Volume move, which is taking a 2 node cluster and making it a 4 node cluster temporary and moving over the volumes. and converting it back to a 2 node cluster.

I've not ever done a head swap with internal disks honestly, those systems i've always moved using the vol move method.

For the A200 to A220, I don't think you'd be moving the controllers, you'd be moving the disks in to a A220 chassis/controller.