Option Steps
Your management node is within a dark site without
external connectivity.
1. Go to the NetApp HCI software download page
and download the latest compute node firmware
image to a device that is accessible to the
management node.
For dark site upgrades, you
can reduce upload time if the
upgrade package and the
management node are both
local.
2. Upload the compute firmware upgrade package
to the management node:
a. Open the management node REST API UI
on the management node:
https://[management node
IP]/package-repository/1/
b. Click Authorize and complete the following:
i. Enter the cluster user name and
password.
ii.
Enter the client ID as mnode-client.
iii. Click Authorize to begin a session.
iv. Close the authorization window.
c. From the REST API UI, click POST
/packages.
d. Click Try it out.
e. Click Browse and select the upgrade
package.
f. Click Execute to initiate the upload.
g. From the response, copy and save the
package ID ("id") for use in a later step.
3. Verify the status of the upload.
a. From the REST API UI, click GET
/packages/{id}/status.
b. Click Try it out.
c. Enter the package ID you copied in the
previous step in id.
d. Click Execute to initiate the status request.
The response indicates state as SUCCESS
when complete.
From the response, copy and save the
upgrade package name ("name") and
package version ("version") for use in a
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