Applies to Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) Answer We cannot enable HWassist on CVO system as there is no underlying NetApp hardware. Additional Information HWassist refers to hardware assisted failover whic...Applies to Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO) Answer We cannot enable HWassist on CVO system as there is no underlying NetApp hardware. Additional Information HWassist refers to hardware assisted failover which is a feature to speed up the takeover process using a node's remote management device (Service processor) How hardware-assisted takeover works