This is just an example, but web server makes it easier to downloads stuff to Netapp.
For example-
::> Storage firmware download -node * -package-url https://192.x.x.x/qual_devices.zip
You could ask for a web server from your IT team, or if you are allowed to download lightweight web server from google, then you could just setup one locally on your laptop (as long as your laptop IP can reach the cluster mgmt lif ip.