A company is configuring NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure.

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.