On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:30 PM, tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote:

really? I did that too...

I got the netboot file, extracted it.

ifconfig e0a -addr=my.ip -mask=my.mask -gw=my.gw

netboot http://web.server/path/to/kernel

It boots, but the downside is that the cfcard becomes read only and you cannot update.

 

That is probably what was wrong with my other cards and why I couldn't get them to update the image.  Do the cards ever become r/w again?  I assume a software update will do that.
 

So, you reboot off the cfcard and install the software before letting ONTAP take control.

Did you mean boot from the cfcard or do I have to reboot after the first time I netboot? 

Thanks,

Jeff

Maybe that is why it is "not supported"?

--tmac

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On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Jeff Cleverley <jeff.cleverley@avagotech.com> wrote:

Tim,

I'll give it a try.  I tried doing the same thing a few months ago on a 6080 and it wouldn't update the flash.  I had my doubts about those flash cards anyway.  I also thought I saw netbooting 8.x wasn't supported, but I guess this is just updating the flash anyway.

Thanks for the tip.

Jeff

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:12 PM, tmac <tmacmd@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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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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