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New FAS or AFF controllers boot with incorrect ONTAP release during a Head Upgrade

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Head Upgrade  example (FAS8040 to AFF-A300)

Issue

  • ONTAP release installed in the cluster is 9.5.
  • New AFF-A300 controllers are booting with ONTAP 9.6.
Starting AUTOBOOT press Ctrl-C to abort...
Loading X86_64/freebsd/image1/platform.ko:0x1fce000/4285280 0x23e4360/591912 Starting program at 0xffffffff80302000
NetApp Data ONTAP 9.6P3

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