You are installing a new 2-node AFF A220 cluster running ONTAP 9.5. The customer would like to use the UTA2 adapters from the first controller to connect to the 10GbE front-end switches. On the second controller, they would like to use the first UTA2 port as a target FC port, and the second as an FC initiator.
In this scenario, according to NetApp Best practices, what should your customer do?
In a NetApp AFF A220 cluster running ONTAP 9.5, when using UTA2 adapters, it is recommended to configure all UTA2 ports to the same mode. If you want to use FC ports on any UTA2 adapter, you should change all UTA2 ports from CNA mode to FC mode. This ensures that the ports are configured consistently and in accordance with NetApp's best practices for maintaining stable and supported configurations.
C. Port pairs connected to the same ASIC must be configured in the same mode. https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/topic/com.netapp.doc.dot-cm-sanconf/SAN%20configuration.pdf (18)