Obtaining ONTAP software images
To upgrade your cluster to the desired target release of ONTAP, your nodes need access to the ONTAP software image. You must copy the software image from the Lenovo Data Center Support site . For ONTAP 9.4 and later, you can copy the software image directly to a local directory.
Software images are specific to platform models.
Be sure to obtain the correct images for your platform models.
Software images include the latest version of system firmware that was available when a given version of ONTAP was released.
If you are upgrading a system with Lenovo Volume Encryption to ONTAP 9.5 or later, you must download the ONTAP software image for non-restricted countries, which includes Lenovo Volume Encryption.
If you use the ONTAP software image for restricted countries to upgrade a system with Lenovo Volume Encryption, the system panics and you lose access to your volumes.
- Locate the target ONTAP software in the Software Downloads area of the Lenovo Data Center Support site.
- Download the software image.
If you want to... Then... Download the software image to an HTTP for FTP server on your network Copy the software image (for example, lnvgy_fw_storage_97P7x_anyos_noarch.tgz_) from the Lenovo Data Center Support site to the directory on the HTTP or FTP server from which the image will be served. Download the software image to a local folder Click the software image (for example, lnvgy_fw_storage_97P7x_anyos_noarch.tgz_) on the Lenovo Data Center Support site, select Save As, and then choose the local folder to place the image.