How to secure an ATTO FibreBridge in ONTAP 9.5 and later
Applies to
- ONTAP 9.5 and later
- ATTO 7500N
- ATTO 7600N
Description
- Starting in ONTAP 9.5 in-band management of the ATTO 7500N / 7600N FibreBridge is supported.
- It is recommended to secure the bridge (disable ethernet configuration) if in-band management is used. Extensive network traffic might have impact on the availability or performance of the ATTO FibreBridge.
- This allows the bridge to be managed over FC from the Ontap CLI, functionality includes:
- Configuration changes
- Bridge firmware updates
- Data collection
- Bridge reboot