Starting with Storage Manager 9.6, you can generate a passphrase for the local cluster IPspace and use the same passphrase in the remote cluster when creating peering relationships.
- Click .
- Click Generate Peering Passphrase.
The Generate Peering Passphrase dialog window displays.
- Complete the following fields:
- IPspace: Select the IPspace from the pull-down menu.
- Passphrase Validity: Select from the drop-down menu the duration for which you want the passphrase to be valid.
- SVM Permissions: Select one of the following:
- All SVMs to indicate all SVMs are permitted to access the cluster.
- Selected SVMs to indicate specific SVMs that are permitted to access the cluster. Highlight the SVM names in the field that you want to specify.
- Optional: Select the checkbox if the effective cluster version of the remote cluster is earlier than ONTAP 9.6. Otherwise, the cluster peering fails to generate.
- Click Generate to generate the passphrase.
For a successful generation, a message displays that identifies your passphrase.
- If you want to email or copy the passphrase, perform one of the following actions:
- Click Email passphrase details.
- Click Copy passphrase.