Release notes
ONTAP 9 release support
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PDF of this doc site
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Cluster administration
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Volume administration
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Logical storage management with the CLI
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NAS storage management
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Configure NFS with the CLI
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Manage NFS with the CLI
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Manage SMB with the CLI
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Manage file access using SMB
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Security and data encryption
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Data protection and disaster recovery
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Collection of separate PDF docs
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Beginning with the ONTAP 9.8 release, NetApp delivers ONTAP releases twice per calendar year. Though plans are subject to change, the intent is to deliver new ONTAP releases in the second and fourth quarter of each calendar year. Use this information to plan the time frame of your upgrade to take advantage of the latest ONTAP release.
| Version | Release date | ||
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9.14.1 |
January 2024 |
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9.13.1 |
June 2023 |
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9.12.1 |
February 2023 |
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9.11.1 |
July 2022 |
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9.10.1 |
January 2022 |
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9.9.1 |
June 2021 |
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Support levels
The level of support available for a specific version of ONTAP varies depending upon when the software was released.
| Support level | Full support | Limited support | Self-service support | |||||
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Access to online documentation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Technical support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Root-cause analysis |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Software downloads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Service updates (patch releases [P-releases]) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Alerts about vulnerabilities |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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To upgrade to the latest release of ONTAP, see Upgrade to the latest version of ONTAP and When should I upgrade ONTAP?