Notes on 9.10.1P12 Cluster Expansion with BES-53248 and AFF A700

Some links and notes:

1) How to add Additional Port Licensing for the Broadcom BES-53248 Switch

Redeem transaction key: https://efos-licensing.broadcom.com/License/RedeemTransactionKey

2) Migrate to a switched NetApp cluster environment

3) ONTAP 9.10.1 and later licensing overview - NetApp Knowledge Base

NLF files can be installed via the ONTAP CLI starting with 9.10.1P13, 9.11.1P10, 9.12.1P3, and 9.13.1RC1 via the following command:

clustername::*>set advanced

clustername::*> system license add -use-license-file  true

Note: Licenses need to be copied to /mroot/etc/lic_file  prior to running the command.  This can be done via SCP.