Hello!
 
The Physical Storage Management Guide for clustered Data ONTAP describes it as this:
 
"The Alternate Control Path (ACP) protocol enables Data ONTAP to manage and control SAS connected storage shelves, which can increase storage availability."
 
Hope that helps.
 
Andrew
					
				
			
			
				
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