https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-is-acp-mean/m-p/108972#M22698 In simple explanation in<BR />Alternate control path?<BR /><BR />Redundancy of subsystem ? Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:28:30 GMT newbeee 2025-06-04T23:28:30Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-is-acp-mean/m-p/108972#M22698 In simple explanation in<BR />Alternate control path?<BR /><BR />Redundancy of subsystem ? Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:28:30 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-is-acp-mean/m-p/108972#M22698 newbeee 2025-06-04T23:28:30Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-is-acp-mean/m-p/108978#M22699 <P>Hello!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The <A href="https://library.netapp.com/ecm/ecm_download_file/ECMP12458210" target="_self">Physical Storage Management Guide</A> for clustered Data ONTAP describes it as this:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>"<EM>The Alternate Control Path (ACP) protocol enables Data ONTAP to manage and control SAS connected storage shelves, which can increase storage availability.</EM>"</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hope that helps.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Andrew</P> Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:59:37 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/What-is-acp-mean/m-p/108978#M22699 asulliva 2015-08-21T23:59:37Z