What is the correct setting for bootarg.storageencryption.support for NVMe SED drives?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.6 and later
- NetApp hardware-based encryption
- NVMe SED drives (not FIPS 140-2 certified)
Answer
The environment variable bootarg.storageencryption.support
should be set to either FALSE
or should be UNSET
as in one of the examples below:
Method 1
LOADER> setenv bootarg.storageencryption.support false LOADER> printenv bootarg.storageencryption.support Variable Name Value -------------------- -------------------------------------------------- bootarg.storageencryption.support false
Method 2
LOADER> unsetenv bootarg.storageencryption.support LOADER> printenv bootarg.storageencryption.support Variable Name Value -------------------- -------------------------------------------------- bootarg.storageencryption.support *** Undefined ***
After the variable is verified correct be sure to save the environment:
LOADER> saveenv