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Obtaining software images for Windows clients

You can use a web browser to copy the software image from the NetApp Support Site to a Windows client.

About this task

You can copy the software image directly to your upgrade host. If your upgrade host does not have web access, you can copy the software image to portable storage media attached to a different client, then copy the image from portable storage to the upgrade host.

Steps

  1. Use a web browser to log in to the NetApp Support Site.
  2. Navigate to the Download Software area.
  3. In the Software Download table, click the Select Platform list box in the Data ONTAP product row.
  4. Select your storage system type from the list and click Go.
  5. Follow the prompts to reach the software download page.
  6. After you have chosen the software image that corresponds to your platform, complete one of the following actions, depending on your web environment:
    If you are connecting to the NetApp Support Site from... Then do this...
    An upgrade host Save the image to the \etc\software directory on the mountpoint that you chose previously, when you mounted the storage system on your client.
    Another Windows client
    1. Save the image to portable storage media.
    2. Connect the portable storage media to your upgrade host.
    3. Copy the image to the \etc\software directory on the mountpoint that you chose previously, when you mounted the storage system on your client.
  7. Continue with the installation procedures.