How to secure an ATTO FibreBridge in ONTAP 9.5 and later
Applies to
ONTAP 9.5+
Description
Starting in ONTAP 9.5 in-band management of the ATTO 7500N FibreBridge is supported.
It is recommended to secure the bridge (disable ethernet configuration) if in-band management is used. Extensive network traffic might have impact on the availability or performance of the ATTO FibreBridge.
This allows the bridge to be managed over FC from the Ontap CLI, functionality includes:
It is recommended to secure the bridge (disable ethernet configuration) if in-band management is used. Extensive network traffic might have impact on the availability or performance of the ATTO FibreBridge.
This allows the bridge to be managed over FC from the Ontap CLI, functionality includes:
- Configuration changes
- Bridge firmware updates
- Data collection
- Bridge reboot