AFF200 Headupgrade

[thomas382]

Hello;

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

Many Thanks, Thomas

[Mjizzini]

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

[thomas382]

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

[SpindleNinja]

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 

[thomas382]

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

[SpindleNinja · Accepted solution]

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.