I am afraid of selecting this option before getting a clear idea.Īlso please reply me ASAP as I have down time only today. If yes I will dieĪlso I didn't see any steps asking me to add the disks in the maintenance mode which one of my friend suggested before initializing (software ownership).Ĭould someone who have experienced in adding controller please share your thoughts. When I select this option will it erases my data in my existing disks( 12 disks assigned to controller1 which is active now). The system reboots and displays the boot menu.ĭ. During the software installation process, when you are prompted for the URL of the image.tgz file, enterĪfter the software installation is complete, you are prompted to reboot the system. This boot menu option downloads and installs the new Data ONTAP image to the boot device.ī. Select the option Install new software first from the boot menu. In the page 9 the instruction is as follows.Ī. Cloning the configuration from the existing controller module to the new controller module on page 12 Installing the firmware after adding a second controller module on page 12ġ2. Rebooting both controller modules and enabling the HA pair on page 12ġ1. Running setup on the existing controller module to add the partner IP address on page 11ġ0. Enabling the cf.mode option or adding cf licenses on page 10ĩ. Verifying and setting the HA state of a FAS22xx, 32xx, or 62xx controller module and chassis on page 10Ĩ. Setting up Data ONTAP on the new controller module on page 9ħ. Booting and installing Data ONTAP on the new controller module on page 8 - Not Done (my question is here)Ħ.

Installing and cabling the new controller module on page 6 - Doneĥ. Preparing the netboot server on page 3 - DoneĤ. Preparing a controller module when using Storage Encryption on page 2 - Not Applicable in our environmentģ. Preparing for the upgrade on page 2 - DoneĢ. I have attached the document with this thread.ġ.

I found a document from Netapp and I am following as per it. Now we planned to add 12 more disks and enable the HA-pair(cf). Initially we bought this with 2 controllers but using one. The existing controller has 12 disks now and already assigned. Our scenario: We have a FAS2240-4 which was configured earlier with only one controller and the other controller was passive.

Will initializing disk erase data