I'm trying to convert brand new system shipped with cDOT 8.3RC2 into 7mode.
Perform the following steps to convert from Data ONTAP Cluster-Mode to Data ONTAP 7-Mode
- Disable ‘Storage Failover’ and reboot the node to the LOADER prompt. Do not perform a takeover.
- At the LOADER prompt, run the following commands:
To convert from Cluster-Mode to 7-Mode:
LOADER> set-defaults
LOADER> boot_ontap
- Stop the boot process at the special Boot menu and select option 4.
The node automatically performs a wipeconfig, zeroes the disks and creates a 3-disk root aggregate with a FlexVol root volume. - Perform the node setup
This action plan worked well with 8.2.x systems but somehow I can't have it done with 8.3.RC2. Even after 2 tries I still ended up with cDOT.
Did something change starting with this version? If the 7mode is not preloaded on CF card, what are my options?