System Manager records the REST API requests it issues when tasks are performed. These HTTP calls can be viewed in the API log, which allows administrators to see the exact REST calls used for each action.

Onboard Key Manager must be configured before HA encryption can be enabled because ONTAP requires a key management solution to generate and manage the encryption keys used to secure HA interconnect traffic between nodes.

The Antivirus Connector runs on the Vscan server and handles communication between ONTAP and the external antivirus engine, receiving scan requests from ONTAP and returning scan results.

When UTA2 ports are configured in Fibre Channel mode, they operate exclusively as FC target ports. In this mode, the ports cannot be used for Ethernet-based NAS workloads, which makes them unavailable for protocols such as NFS or SMB.