How you administer a filer

Methods of administering a filer

You can administer a filer that uses the Data ONTAP operating system by using the following methods:

Command execution through the filer's command line
Command execution through Windows NT and Windows 2000
Configuration file editing
Command execution through the FilerView® interface
Command execution through DataFabric^TM Manager

Command execution through the filer's command line

You use the filer's command line to execute all Data ONTAP administrative commands from the command line, with the exception of some Windows NT administrative commands.

You can access the filer's command line from

A serial terminal connected to the console port of the filer
A Telnet session to the filer

You can also access some commands through a remote shell program, such as the UNIX rsh utility.

Command execution through Windows NT and Windows 2000

You use Windows NT and Windows 2000 commands to perform filer administrative tasks related to Windows NT and Windows 2000.

You can execute Windows NT commands that affect the filer by using native Windows NT administration tools such as Server Manager and User Manager.

Configuration file editing

You edit configuration files to supply information that Data ONTAP needs for performing certain tasks.

You can access configuration files by mounting the root directory of the filer on a UNIX client or by mapping the administrative share (C$) to a drive on a Windows client, and then editing the file from the client.

Command execution through FilerView

Another method of performing many common filer tasks is to use FilerView, the graphical management interface for viewing and managing a filer from a Web browser. FilerView is easy to use, and it includes Help that explains FilerView features and how to use them.