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There are several aggregate relocation (ARL) methods for upgrading controller hardware. This procedure describes how to upgrade the controller hardware using aggregate relocation (ARL) with "system controller replace commands" on systems running ONTAP 9.8 or later. You should only use this complex procedure if you're an experienced ONTAP administrator.
To help you decide if this ARL procedure is suitable for your controller hardware upgrade, you should review all of the following circumstances for supported upgrades:
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You're running ONTAP 9.8 or later.
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You don't want to add the new controllers as a new HA pair to the cluster and migrate the data using volume moves.
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You're experienced in administering ONTAP and are comfortable with the risks of working in the diagnostic privilege mode.
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If you're upgrading a MetroCluster configuration, it's a four-node or higher FC configuration, and all nodes are running ONTAP 9.8 or later.
For upgrading MetroCluster IP configurations, refer to References to link to MetroCluster Upgrade and Expansion.
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Supported system upgrade combinations
The following table shows the supported systems matrix for performing a controller upgrade using this ARL procedure.
| Old controller | Replacement controller |
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FAS80203, FAS80403, FAS8060, FAS8080 |
FAS8200, FAS8300, FAS8700, FAS9000 |
FAS80604, FAS80804 |
FAS9500 |
AFF80203, AFF80403, AFF8060, AFF8080 |
AFF A300, AFF A400, AFF A700, AFF A8001 |
AFF80604, AFF80804 |
AFF A900 |
FAS8200 |
FAS83002, FAS8700, FAS9000, FAS9500 |
FAS8300, FAS8700, FAS9000 |
FAS9500 |
AFF A300 |
AFF A4002, AFF A700, AFF A8001, AFF A900 |
AFF A3204 |
AFF A400 |
AFF A400, AFF A700 |
AFF A900 |
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If your controller upgrade model combination isn't in the above table, contact technical support. |
1For the additional steps needed for AFF A800 systems, go to the step that references A800 in section Reassign node1 disks to node3, Step 9, or Reassign node2 disks to node4, Step 9.
2If you're upgrading from an AFF A300 to an AFF A400 or an FAS8200 to an FAS8300 system in a two-node switchless cluster configuration, you must pick temporary cluster ports for the controller upgrade. The AFF A400 and FAS8300 systems come in two configurations, as an Ethernet bundle where the mezzanine card ports are Ethernet type and as an FC bundle where the mezzanine ports are FC type.
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For an AFF A400 or an FAS8300 with an Ethernet type configuration, you can use any of the two mezzanine ports as temporary cluster ports.
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For an AFF A400 or an FAS8300 with an FC type configuration, you must add a four-port 10GbE network interface card (part number X1147A) to provide temporary cluster ports.
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After you complete a controller upgrade by using temporary cluster ports, you can nondisruptively migrate cluster LIFs to e3a and e3b, 100GbE ports on an AFF A400 system, and e0c and e0d, 100GbE ports on an FAS8300 system.
3For FAS8020, FAS8040, AFF8020, and AFF8040 system upgrades to the target replacement controllers listed in the table above, the replacement controllers must be running same ONTAP version as the old controller. Note that FAS8020, FAS8040, AFF8020, and AFF8040 systems do not support ONTAP versions later than ONTAP 9.8.
4The following table shows the minimum and later supported ONTAP versions for these controller upgrade combinations.
| Old controller | Replacement controller | ||
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System |
ONTAP version |
System |
ONTAP version |
AFF A320 |
9.9.1 or later |
AFF A400 |
9.9.1 or later |
AFF8060 |
9.8P13 or later patches |
AFF A900 |
9.10.1 to 9.12.1 |
AFF8080 |
9.8P10 or later patches |
AFF A900 |
9.10.1 to 9.12.1 |
FAS8060 |
9.8P13 or later patches |
FAS9500 |
9.10.1P3 to 9.12.1 |
FAS8080 |
9.8P12 or later patches |
FAS9500 |
9.10.1P3 to 9.12.1 |
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For the upgrade combinations shown in the preceding table:
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Choose a different hardware upgrade procedure
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Review the alternative ARL methods available for upgrading controller hardware.
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If you prefer a different method of upgrading the controller hardware and are willing to do volume moves, refer to References to link to Upgrade by moving volumes or storage.
Refer to References to link to the ONTAP 9 Documentation.