hi,
yes you can do the upgrade via the webinterface of the bridges without any issue. Also if you upgrade ONTAP to a fix release first there is also no risk.
The issue is fixed in the following releases: (at the time of writing this.
Base Release | Specific Release |
9.5 | 9.5P15 |
9.6 | 9.6P11 9.6P12 |
9.7 | 9.7P8 9.7P9 9.7P10 |
9.8 | 9.8 |
Andy