ONTAP allows the support of multiple paths to tapes, media changers, and bridge router devices that support multiple ports or are part of a “fabric”. A maximum of two paths can be configured from the ...ONTAP allows the support of multiple paths to tapes, media changers, and bridge router devices that support multiple ports or are part of a “fabric”. A maximum of two paths can be configured from the storage system (ONTAP's cluster-wide) to access the same tape drive in a tape library The use of (SCSI/persistent) reservations should be limited to management through the filer instead of pass-thru reservation control through 3rd Party tools.