can we bypass required ports for XCP during migration
Applies to
- XCP
- NFS
- CIFS
Answer
- No, the ports used by XCP must be open bidirectionally on both the source and target environments, including any firewalls in between.
- This is required to ensure that XCP can communicate properly with both environments during migration.
Additional Information
- There are 3 types of licenses for XCP(PS, Customer and Sandbox).

- License validity is for 1 year.
- How to request NetApp XCP license
- How to renew a NetApp XCP license
