To provide a local copy of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP shares in a globally accessible file system on Microsoft Windows Servers 2022,BlueXP Edge Cachingis the ideal solution. BlueXP Edge Caching allows users to cache frequently accessed data from centralized Cloud Volumes ONTAP shares at distributed locations, ensuring fast, local access while keeping the central storage synchronized.
BlueXP Tiering (A)is for moving cold data to lower-cost storage,BlueXP Copy and Sync (B)is for data migration and synchronization, andFlexCache (D)is primarily for caching in ONTAP environments but is not optimized for global accessibility in the Windows Server context.

In this scenario, the company needs to quickly free up storage capacity on its on-premises NetApp AFF array, especially since much of the data is cold. The best solution isBlueXP tiering(formerly Cloud Tiering), which moves infrequently accessed (cold) data from the high-performance on-premises storage to more cost- effective cloud storage.
By automatically tiering cold data to the cloud,BlueXP tieringenables the company to free up space on their existing AFF array without additional on-premises hardware, and it prepares them for a future cloud migration. This process can be implemented quickly and efficiently to meet their immediate storage needs.
Other options likeBlueXP backup and recovery (B),BlueXP replication (C), andBlueXP copy and sync (D) are focused on data protection, replication, and synchronization, but they do not directly address the need to free up on-premises storage space.

NetApp AutoSupport requires outbound access to specific endpoints for delivering support data, and this communication occurs overHTTPS (port 443). The two provided NetApp AutoSupport URLs are accessed via secure HTTP (HTTPS), so the company must configure routing and firewall policies to allow outbound HTTPS traffic.
Blocking HTTPS traffic by default would prevent the AutoSupport service from functioning, which is critical for sending diagnostic information to NetApp support for monitoring and troubleshooting.
Options likeNFS/SMB traffic (B),SSH/RDP traffic (C), andDNS traffic (D)are irrelevant in this context, as AutoSupport only requires secure web traffic via HTTPS.