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Requirements for manual boot media recovery - AFF A800

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Before replacing the boot media in your AFF A800 system, ensure you meet the necessary requirements for a successful replacement. This includes making sure you have a USB flash drive with the appropriate amount of storage and verifying that you have the correct replacement boot device.

If your storage system is running ONTAP 9.17.1 or later, use the automated boot recovery procedure. If your system is running an earlier version of ONTAP, you must use the manual boot recovery procedure.

USB flash drive

  • Ensure you have a USB flash drive formatted to FAT32.

  • The USB must have sufficient storage capacity to hold the image_xxx.tgz file.

File preparation

Copy the image_xxx.tgz file to the USB flash drive. This file will be used when you transfer the ONTAP image using the USB flash drive.

Component replacement

Replace the failed component with the replacement component provided by NetApp.

Controller identification

It is critical to apply the commands to the correct controller when you are replacing the impaired boot media:

  • The impaired controller is the controller on which you are performing maintenance.

  • The healthy controller is the HA partner of the impaired controller.

What's next?

After you've reviewed the requirements to replace the boot media, you need to check encryption key support and status on the boot media.