In-band management of the FC-to-SAS bridges

Beginning with ONTAP 9.5 with FibreBridge 7600N or 7600N bridges, in-band management of the bridges is supported as an alternative to IP management of the bridges.

When using in-band management, the bridges can be managed and monitored from the ONTAP CLI via the FC connection to the bridge. Physical access to the bridge via the bridge Ethernet ports is not required, reducing the security vulnerability of the bridge.

Bridge CLI commands can be issued from the ONTAP interface storage bridge run-cli -name bridge-name -command bridge-command-name command at the ONTAP interface.