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What is the correct setting for bootarg.storageencryption.support for NVMe SED drives?

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.6 and later
  • NetApp hardware-based encryption
    • NVMe SED drives (not FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 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

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