An administrator is deploying a FlexCache volume in a Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance.

When deploying a FlexCache volume in Cloud Volumes ONTAP, and the origin volume is located in an on-premises cluster, the network used is the InterCluster network. This network type is designed specifically for communications between different ONTAP clusters, which is essential for operations such as data replication and FlexCache functionality. The InterCluster network facilitates the seamless interaction between the on-premises cluster (where the origin volume resides) and the Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance in the cloud (where the FlexCache volume is being deployed). Node Management and Cluster Management networks are used for management operations and not for data transfer between clusters. IntraCluster is used within a single cluster for communication between nodes.For further details, you can review the NetApp documentation on FlexCache configurations and the use of InterCluster networks in ONTAP data management, which explains how these networks enable efficient data replication across clusters.