IBM N series Hardware Manual

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Chapter 20. Designing for nondisruptive upgrades 285Table 20-3 Maximum number of FlexVols for NDUThe maximum FlexVol volume limit of 500 per controller matches the native Data ONTAPFlexVol volume limit. Fields that contain N/A in this column indicate platforms that are notsupported by Data ONTAP 8.0.Platform Minor version NDU release family Major version NDU release family7.2 7.3 8.0 / 8.1 7.3 8.0 / 8.1N3300 (see note) 100 150 N/A 150 N/AN3400 N/A 200 200 200 200N3600 100 150 N/A 150 N/AN5300 150 150 500 150 500N6040 150 150 500 150 500N6060 200 300 500 200 500N5600 250 300 500 300 500N6070 250 300 500 300 500N6210 N/A 300 500 300 500N6240 N/A 300 500 300 500N6270 N/A 300 500 300 500N7600 250 300 500 300 500N7700 250 300 500 300 500N7800 250 300 500 300 500N7900 250 300 500 300 500N7550 N/A N/A 500 300 500N7750 N/A N/A 500 300 500N7950 N/A N/A 500 300 500Restriction: Major NDU from Data ONTAP 7.2.2L1 to 7.3.1 is not supported on IBMN3300 systems that contain aggregates larger than 8 TB. Therefore, a disruptive upgradeis required. Aggregates larger than 8 TB prevent the system from running a minor versionNDU from Data ONTAP 7.2.2L1 to 7.2.x.