topic Re: Why we need to configure ACP for SAS disk shelf? in ONTAP Hardware https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Why-we-need-to-configure-ACP-for-SAS-disk-shelf/m-p/25788#M1788 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>ACP or Alternate Control Path... allows updates to firmware by using this path over the data paths to your shelves &amp; disks.&nbsp; It's a simple setup &amp; should be done on all your configurations.</P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:28:56 GMT PEBERTELS 2014-02-11T22:28:56Z Why we need to configure ACP for SAS disk shelf? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Why-we-need-to-configure-ACP-for-SAS-disk-shelf/m-p/25783#M1787 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Multipath HA is available for our SAS disk shelf &amp; we configured ACP aswell, but i didn't understatnd why we need to configure ACP? how it will be helpfull? can any one explain me how the ACP will work &amp; what is the necessity of using ACP.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:47:32 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Why-we-need-to-configure-ACP-for-SAS-disk-shelf/m-p/25783#M1787 VN_PUNATI 2025-06-05T05:47:32Z Re: Why we need to configure ACP for SAS disk shelf? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Why-we-need-to-configure-ACP-for-SAS-disk-shelf/m-p/25788#M1788 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>ACP or Alternate Control Path... allows updates to firmware by using this path over the data paths to your shelves &amp; disks.&nbsp; It's a simple setup &amp; should be done on all your configurations.</P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:28:56 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Why-we-need-to-configure-ACP-for-SAS-disk-shelf/m-p/25788#M1788 PEBERTELS 2014-02-11T22:28:56Z