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Firmware and system updates overview

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Depending upon your version of ONTAP, you can enable automatic firmware and system updates.

ONTAP Version What's included in automatic updates

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

9.10.1 and later

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

  • SP/BMC firmware for service processors and BMC modules

9.9.1 and earlier

Not supported

If you are running ONTAP 9.9.1 or earlier, or if you do not have automatic system updates enabled, you can make firmware updates manually.

If you are running ONTAP 9.12.1 or earlier, or if you do not have automatic system updates enabled, you can update the Time Zone Database manually. See the Knowledge Base article, How to update time zone information in ONTAP 9, for details.

Video: Automatic firmware update feature

Take a look at the automatic firmware update feature available starting in ONTAP 9.10.1.