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Requirements for nondisruptive FC-to-IP transition

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Before starting the transition process, verify that the configuration meets the requirements.

You can perform a nodisruptive FC-to-IP transition if your configuration meets the following requirements:

  • If you have an eight-node configuration, all nodes are running ONTAP 9.13.1 or later.

  • If you have a four-node configuration, all nodes are running ONTAP 9.8 or later.

  • The existing and new platforms are a supported combination for transition.

    Supported platforms for nondisruptive transition

  • Your configuration supports a switched cluster configuration.

    Hardware Universe

Caution

If you are using shared storage MetroCluster switches, you can only transition to a four-node MetroCluster IP configuration. Transitioning to an eight-node MetroCluster IP configuration using shared storage MetroCluster switches is not supported. After you complete the transition to a four-node MetroCluster IP configuration, you can expand to an eight-node MetroCluster IP configuration.