Administering your filer

Methods of administration

You can administer your filer from the command-line prompt or from FilerView.

Administration from the command-line

You've already been using the command-line interface by entering commands at the filer prompt. You can set the privilege level that determines what commands are available to you by using the priv command. All the commands are documented online as UNIX-style man pages.

Administration from FilerView

FilerView is a Web-based administration tool for Data ONTAP that enables you to perform most administration tasks from any client on your network that has a compatible Web browser. Through FilerView, you can perform tasks that otherwise require you to enter commands at the filer prompt or edit configuration files.

You can use FilerView even if you did not purchase a license for the HTTP protocol.

Accessing FilerView

To access FilerView, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Launch a Web browser, either Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.
2	Point your browser to the filer home page (http://hostname/na_admin), substituting the filer name for hostname. Example If your host's name is toaster, enter the following URL: `http://toaster/na_admin` Result When your browser connects to the filer, you see the filer home page.

Step

Action

Launch a Web browser, either Netscape Navigator 4.7 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.

Point your browser to the filer home page (http://hostname/na_admin), substituting the filer name for hostname.

Example

If your host's name is toaster, enter the following URL:

http://toaster/na_admin

Result

When your browser connects to the filer, you see the filer home page.

The initial page contains the choices shown in the following table.

Choice	Description
Install Documentation	Initiates a browser to select zip files to install the HTML and PDF versions of product documentation.
Manual Pages	Links to UNIX-style manual pages for the Data ONTAP console commands.
FilerView	Displays the FilerView program in a separate window.
Filer At-A-Glance	Displays a tool that monitors the performance of the filer.
Initiate a Support Call	Directs the Web browser to a form on the Network Appliance technical support Web site. You can use the form to report problems.

How FilerView works

The FilerView interface consists of two frames: a left frame and a right frame.

Left frame

The left frame contains an expandable list of categories:

The Real Time Status category contains choices that launch separate tools that monitor filer performance.
The other categories represent management functions.

You can view the real-time displays or the functions in a category by clicking the Real Time Status or a category name. You can select a real-time display or a function by clicking the display or function name.

Note
If the filer has an administration password, FilerView prompts you to enter the password the first time you select a function. After you enter the correct password, FilerView does not prompt you for the password again.

Right frame

The right frame contains a logo initially.

As you select functions from the left frame, the right frame changes to display forms that provide information about the filer configuration and enable you to change the filer's configuration.

You can alter the filer configuration by changing information that is displayed in forms and then saving the information.

The top of the window contains a Help button that you can click to view Help for the form that is currently displayed in the right frame.

Software updates

Network Appliance regularly makes software updates available to customers who purchase software support agreements.

You can find information about the latest software updates at the Network Appliance NOW Web site at http://now.netapp.com.

When you register with NOW, you can configure your account to receive e-mail regarding software updates.

Autosupport feature

The Autosupport feature is automatically enabled when you run the setup process on a filer for the first time. Autosupport sends event messages and weekly reports to Network Appliance Technical Support. This can significantly decrease the time it takes to assess and resolve problems that might occur on your system. If you do not want any Autosupport messages to be sent, you can disable Autosupport by entering the command options autosupport.support.enable off within 24 hours after you complete the setup process.