Every node that participates on each Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) initiates a connection to an external FPolicy server (FPolicy server) using TCP/IP. Connections to the FPolicy servers are set up using node data LIFs; therefore, a participating node can set up a connection only if the node has an operational data LIF for the SVM.
https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1366835/html/GUID-318F8BAD-C905-4B7D-B596-F701AC0427D5.html
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Jeff