NetApp Storage Encryption - A800 with NSE & SG6060 with FIPS

An A800 and SG6060 with NSE and FIPS disks. 

• Item: X4019A-2-N-C
• Description: Drive Pack 2X15.3TB,NVMe,SED,NSE,-C (for AFF)
• Item: SG6000-CN-001-SGEX
• Item: E2860HAC-001-10TB-FIPS-SG
• Description: E2860HA SG,2x1.6TB SSD,58x10TB FIPS,FC 4p,Ex

How do we configure the NSE for AFF and FIPS for StorageGRID?

Some reading:

AFF and NSE

• How to configure NSE in clustered Data ONTAP 8.3.1 and later - NetApp Knowledge Base
• Configure NetApp hardware-based encryption overview
• Configure external key management overview
• Assign a data authentication key to a FIPS drive or SED (external key management)
• Enable onboard key management in ONTAP 9.6 and later
• Assign a data authentication key to a FIPS drive or SED (onboard key management)
• Enable cluster-wide FIPS-compliant mode for KMIP server connections

StorageGRID and FIPS

• Review StorageGRID encryption methods
• Overview of KMS and appliance configuration
• How the Drive Security feature works (
• Optional: Enable node encryption (netapp.com)
• Configure in the StorageGRID Appliance Installer before creating grid.