I just did this yesterday...

if you connect e0a or e0b to the network, boot off the compact flash and interrupt the boot process

after the LOADER but before ONTAP finishes loading (i.e. when the square box shows up

that says to press control-c to interrupt the boot process)

Then choose the option to install new software.

It will ask which interface and may need to reboot in which case, repeat again

It will also ask for the URL to the software (have the tgz file on a local http server)

and a username (just hit return if not needed)

This should install the latest OS on the boot device and ask to reboot .

FYI, netapp just release a new BIOS/LOADER for the FAS3140 (and a bunch of the newer platforms)

Be sure to update that and if your RLM is less than 4.1, update it to current also.

--tmac

Tim McCarthy

Principal Consultant

Clustered ONTAP Clustered ONTAP

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On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Jeff Cleverley <jeff.cleverley@avagotech.com> wrote:

Greetings,

I'm replacing a 3140 with a 3270 stand-alone NearStore replacement. The current 3140 OS is 8.1.2P3 and the new head shipped with 8.1.2. Is that going to be close enough for the system to boot from the old system root disk, or does it have to be an exact match? If there is a way to modify the boot config from the command line instead of pulling the compact flash, I'd be OK with that also.

Thanks,

Jeff

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