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Enable automatic updates

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Use System Manager to enable automatic updates and allow ONTAP to download and install firmware, system, and security updates without your intervention.

You can use the ONTAP CLI to manage SP/BMC firmware updates only.

The availability of automatic updates for each system component depends on your ONTAP version.

ONTAP version Available automatic updates

9.16.1 and later

  • Autonomous Ransomware Protection with Artificial Intelligence (ARP/AI)

  • ONTAP Time Zone Database

  • Storage firmware for storage devices, disks, and disk shelves

  • SP/BMC firmware for service processors and BMC modules

  • Disk Qualification Package (DQP)

9.13.1 and later

  • ONTAP Time Zone Database

  • Storage firmware for storage devices, disks, and disk shelves

  • SP/BMC firmware for service processors and BMC modules

  • Disk Qualification Package (DQP)

9.10.1 and later

  • Storage firmware for storage devices, disks, and disk shelves

  • SP/BMC firmware for service processors and BMC modules

  • Disk Qualification Package (DQP)

If an automatic update is not available for your version of ONTAP or you don't have automatic updates enabled, you can perform firmware, Time Zone Database, and security updates manually.

About this task

Enabling automatic updates requires that you accept the terms of a EULA and confirm or configure the default update behavior for each system component as appropriate for your environment.

For clusters that were created in ONTAP 9.16.1 or earlier and then upgraded to 9.16.1 or later:

  • If automatic updates functionality is enabled before the upgrade, the system component update defaults are not changed after an upgrade.

  • If automatic updates are not enabled before the upgrade, the system component update defaults in ONTAP 9.16.1 and later will be applied.

Automatic system component update defaults are set to either update automatically or show notifications, depending on your ONTAP version. Confirm these settings are correct for your environment before completing the procedure.

This video shows a quick overview of using the automatic update process.

Before you begin

  • You must have a current support entitlement. You can check this on the NetApp support site in the System Details page.

  • To enable automatic updates, you must first enable AutoSupport with HTTPS. If AutoSupport is not enabled on your cluster, or if AutoSupport is enabled on your cluster with another transport protocol, you can enable it with HTTPS during this procedure.

Note AutoSupport OnDemand is enabled by default and functional when configured to send messages to technical support using HTTPS transport protocol.

  • Beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1, if you enable automatic updates ensure that you have HTTPS connectivity to the following additional URLs:

    • https://support-sg-naeast.netapp.com

    • https://support-sg-nawest.netapp.com

Example 1. Steps
System Manager - ONTAP 9.16.1 and later

  1. In System Manager, select Cluster > Settings.

  2. If you do not have AutoSupport OnDemand enabled with HTTPS, select Menu options icon to enable the settings needed to proceed.

  3. In the Software updates section, select Enable.

  4. Specify the action to be taken for each update type.

    You can choose to automatically update, show notifications, or automatically dismiss the updates for each update type.

  5. Accept the terms and conditions and select Save.

System Manager - ONTAP 9.15.1 and earlier

  1. In System Manager, select Events.

  2. In the Overview section, next to Enable automatic update, select Actions > Enable.

  3. If you do not have AutoSupport with HTTPS enabled, select it to enable it.

  4. Accept the terms and conditions and select Save.

CLI

You can use the ONTAP CLI to manage SP/BMC firmware updates only

  1. Enable automatic firmware updates:

    system service-processor image modify -node <node_name> -autoupdate true
Related information

Video: Automatic firmware update

Take a look at the automatic firmware update feature available beginning with ONTAP 9.10.1.