ONTAP Hardware
ONTAP Hardware
Hi all
I 've read a number of article on the subject.
So sorry to open this new thread, if
I need to replace an old FAS3020 by a new one FAS3220
and also upgrade to OnTap 8.1.2
only the controller will be change, I'm going to keep all my DS14 shelves
So we will received a brand new FAS3220 with compaq flash new version 8 and NO disk or shelf
FAS3020 is running OnTap 7.3.3
Aside lun serial, network port ,......
Can I just replace FAS3020 by 3220, connect DS14, boot the new FAS3220
What it will happen with the version difference between Compaq Flash and root volume?
The opinion and advice of somebody who has already done this kind swap will be much appreciated
Thanks a lot
Ricco
Hi RICCO4400,
Lat time I tried swap my 6020 to 6280 which is a lot of fun:>)
You may wish to open a support case + get your NetApp account team involved to hook up a NetApp Prof Service guru to get this tough job done.
Good luck
Henry
Thank for your fast answer
Yes sur it's an option
but as you know :time is budgetary restriction
So if I can avoid this PS option
I will be happy
If anybody on community has some experience
I've read that a guy simply replace head ,and aggregat converts itself , and he didn't have problem with root volume running OnTap7, after did an upgrade to 8
and that's it
Ha-ha Ricco,
Sincerely with you also got that luck:>)
If your FAS3020 running business critical apps, you may wish to get an action plan through your NetApp account team before you jump in to swap the head.
Good luck
Henry
Hi Ricco
Matt from NetApp here. I would stress to get your account team involved in any head swap procedure, for all the reasons listed in the discussion here. Appreciate your business!
Thanks for your advice Matt
it's always a pleasure to work with your solutions
I'm going to keep all my DS14 shelves
Be aware about DS14 shelves, DS14MK2 (very widely used in a time of FAS3020) is not supported anymore in current 8.x series of ONTAP. So check, which DS14 you have now, BEFORE upgrade will be engaged.
"Is not supported" as in "will not boot" or "will boot but complaint loudly"? The latter is perfectly OK for one time head swap boot.
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Be aware about DS14 shelves, DS14MK2 (very widely used in a time of FAS3020) is not supported anymore in current 8.x series of ONTAP. So check, which DS14 you have now, BEFORE upgrade will be engaged.
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There were reports that booting DOT 8.x on 7.x root volume without proper upgrade procedure resulted in extended outage and had to be fixed by NetApp support. So unless you get explicit support ability statement from NetApp, safe way is to setup new filer and transfer data (I would use SnapMirror)
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Hi all
I 've read a number of article on the subject.
So sorry to open this new thread, if
I need to replace an old FAS3020 by a new one FAS3220
and also upgrade to OnTap 8.1.2
only the controller will be change, I'm going to keep all my DS14 shelves
So we will received a brand new FAS3220 with compaq flash new version 8 and NO disk or shelf
FAS3020 is running OnTap 7.3.3
Aside lun serial, network port ,......
Can I just replace FAS3020 by 3220, connect DS14, boot the new FAS3220
What it will happen with the version difference between Compaq Flash and root volume?
The opinion and advice of somebody who has already done this kind swap will be much appreciated
Thanks a lot
Ricco
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Again thanks for your reply
it's DS14MK4 (add later after FAS3020 setup)
to summarize, can we say, that if all components are in the matrix
swap the head, boot FAS3220 should be ok
as we will not able to buy another shelf for doing what you suggest
It can be OK, not should
Hi!
Were you succesfull with this head swap? I have plan to do the same thing.
I don't find any documentation for head swap for FAS3020 -> FAS3220 on the now site.
Thank you!
With regards,
Klemen
Hi Klemen
Yes we did the swap
Here are the steps followed:
Update FAS3020 to the last DOT 7.3.7P1
disable HA (cf disable)
check root volume to be at least 250GB
make a note of rc and hosts file
check is disk owner ship for FAS3020 is hardware or software
If it's hardware, boot FAS3020 into maintenance mode and convert to software disk ownership with disk upgrade_ownership command
replace FAS3020 with brand new FAS32xx
Boot FAS32xx to maintenance mode and reassign disk to the controller (command disk reassign -s old-systemID -d new-systemID
Then type the following commands if you replace HA Pair (storage release disks , mailbox destroy local, mailbox destroy partner)
Check that aggregate are ok (aggr status)
Then exit maintenant mode (halt)
boot FAS32xx
During the first boot, raid label are update + some message on aggregate
When FAS32xx is load, you do an upgrade to refresh root volume with DOT8 ( software update 81xxx.tgz)
Same work on the second FAS32xx
Boot both controller
Make some verification/test
Modify rc file and replace vif command by ifgrp
put FAS32xx license you should have received with you new FAS
And finally enable cluster (cf enable)
Before head swap we also made a note of lun serial in case
But serial numbers have not been modified by the swap
Also check if you Brocade switch zone configuration doesn't need update with new WWPN
Regards
Did you get approval from NetApp support for this procedure?
not official stamp 🙂
But PS team says it's ok
thank you very much for this procedure.
With regards,
Klemen