Hear that. You would be safe going to any 8.0/8.1 release. There are significant changes in 8.2 that could be problematic.
At least make sure all disk firmware, shelf firmware and the Disk Qual Package are updated on your system.
Even though it is *new* it could still have older firmware!
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Mike Thompson mike.thompson@gmail.com wrote:
yeah it's supported per hardware universe
gear isn't on support because money
i could upgrade it, i'm just not going to, without support - had too many upgrades go sideways in the past, requiring intervention from support
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:55 AM, gene genec220@verizon.net wrote:
Then it is very possible that the gear isn’t supported by your older ONTAP version. It might not even know about your gear and/or versions. Why isn’t the gear on support? If you have a valid support account, can’t you download a more current ONTAP version and use it regardless of the non-support on the controllers?
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*From:* toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teapa rty.net] *On Behalf Of *Mike Thompson *Sent:* Tuesday, October 25, 2016 1:51 PM *To:* NGC-tmacmd-gmail.com *Cc:* toasters@teaparty.net Lists *Subject:* Re: sas.adapter.debug messages
gear isn't on support, so i'm not updating Ontap.
all the SAS shelves brand new though, so should have latest firmware, but i'll double check.