Applies to ONTAP 9.8 and higher IPsec Description When a small number of clients need to leverage IPsec, using a single Security Policy Database (SPD) entry for each client is sufficient. However, whe...Applies to ONTAP 9.8 and higher IPsec Description When a small number of clients need to leverage IPsec, using a single Security Policy Database (SPD) entry for each client is sufficient. However, when hundreds or even thousands of clients need to leverage IPsec, NetApp recommends using an IPsec multiple client configuration. ONTAP supports connecting multiple clients across many networks to a single SVM IP address with IPsec enabled.