What are the circumstances where an external key manager is contacted by a node?
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
- NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE)
Answer
A node contacts the key manager when:
- Booting
- Creating a key
- At the request of one of the following commands:
security key-manager query
security key-manager restore
security key-manager show -status
Additional Information
FAQ: NetApp Volume Encryption and NetApp Aggregate Encryption