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verify your environment meets these requirements supported hardware {{k3}} , application version 6 3 1 x or later, with the kmip license enabled and initial setup completed (including loading a platform master key and network configuration) required access an account on the kmes with administrator permissions to create roles, identities, tls pki, and update system settings local administrator/root access on the netapp ontap server network and firewall allow outbound tcp port 5696 (default kmip port) from the netapp ontap server to the kmes series 3, specified by fqdn (for example, kmes example com ) or cidr (for example, 10 0 0 0/24 ) tls inspection or ssl proxies can break mutual tls handshakes exempt the kmes fqdn(s) from inspection configure the kmes series 3 with an fqdn so the exemption applies