Thanks for the feedback Steve,

I'm also running the netapp tool to check HA prior to failover:
Are these partner network errors valid?  Someone in the community forums said they are bogus

./ha-config-check.cgi -s na03 na04
== NetApp HA Configuration Checker v2.0.0 ==


Checking ssh logins ...


Checking ssh logins ...

OK

Checking Data ONTAP versions...

OK

Checking licenses...

OK

Checking HA configuration identity...

OK

Checking cf status...

OK

Checking fcp cfmode settings...

fcp: FCP is not licensed.
N/A

Checking options...

OK

Checking network configuration...

c0a (192.168.1.152) on na03 does not have a partner on na04
c0b (192.168.2.173) on na03 does not have a partner on na04
c0a (192.168.1.84) on na04 does not have a partner on na03
c0b (192.168.2.95) on na04 does not have a partner on na03
na04-vif0-205 (17.25.104.11) on na04 does not have a partner on na03




Checking network config in /etc/rc

NO PARTNER FOR na04-vif0-205 (17.25.104.23) ON na04 in /etc/rc
HA configuration issue(s) found above. Please correct them and rerun this script.
Done.

-- 
Fletcher 



On Jan 31, 2012, at 10:29 AM, SW wrote:

Hi Fletcher,

 

I only have a subset of answers relating to your Toasters inquiry, but I thought I’d share what I can...

 

According to the upgrade guide for 8.1RC2 (attached to this e-mail), a NDU from 7.3.5.1P3 to 8.1RC2 is supported:

 

From page 15:

 “Nondisruptive upgrades to releases in the Data ONTAP 8.1 7-Mode release family are supported

from the following releases:

• Any 8.0.x release

• 7.3.2 and later 7.3.x releases”


Good luck!

Steve

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