Accessing a filer to administer it

Ways to access a filer  

There are four ways you can directly access a filer to administer it:

• From a console that is attached by a cable to the filer's serial port
• From an NFS client or CIFS client by using a Telnet session
• From an NFS client or CIFS client by using a Remote Shell connection
• From an NFS client or CIFS client by using a Web browser and the FilerView interface

Detailed information  

The following sections discuss the ways to access a filer:

• Accessing a filer from the console or a Telnet session
• Accessing a filer with a Remote Shell connection
• Accessing a filer with FilerView

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