When configuring an External Key Management solution in ONTAP, there are a few pieces of information that are needed in-order to ensure a secure connection between ONTAP (Client) and the EKM Device (S...When configuring an External Key Management solution in ONTAP, there are a few pieces of information that are needed in-order to ensure a secure connection between ONTAP (Client) and the EKM Device (Server) The following will need to be installed into ONTAP before a secure connection can be established: Client certificate AND the unencrypted private key associated with the client certificate All Intermediate and Root CA certificates that signed the EKM Server certificate.