Preface

Introduction

This guide describes how to configure, operate, and manage file access protocols on storage systems that run Data ONTAP^TM software. It applies to all supported storage system models.

Audience

This guide is for system administrators who are familiar with operating systems such as UNIX® and Windows®, that run on the storage system's clients. It also assumes that you are familiar with how to configure the storage system and how Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS), Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP), File Transport Protocol (FTP), and Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) are used for file sharing or transfers. This guide doesn't cover basic system or network administration topics, such as IP addressing, routing, and network topology; it emphasizes the characteristics of the storage system.

Accessing Data ONTAP man pages

Data ONTAP manual (man) pages are available for the following types of information. They are grouped into sections according to standard UNIX naming conventions.

Types of information	Man page section
Commands	1
Special files	4
File formats and conventions	5
System management and services	8

Man pages can be viewed in the following ways:

At the storage system command line, by entering
```
man command_or_file_name
```
From the FilerView® main navigational page
In Commands: Manual Page Reference, Volumes 1 and 2

Terminology

Storage systems that run Data ONTAP are sometimes referred to as filers, storage appliances, appliances, or systems. The name of the graphical user interface for Data ONTAP, FilerView, reflects one of these common usages.

This guide uses the term "type" to mean pressing one or more keys on the keyboard. It uses the term "enter" to mean pressing one or more keys and then pressing the Enter key.

FilerView as an alternative to commands

Tasks you perform as a Data ONTAP administrator can be performed by entering commands at the storage system console, in configuration files, or through a Telnet session or a Remote Shell connection.

Another method of performing many common tasks is to use the FilerView® graphical management interface for viewing and managing storage system from a Web browser. FilerView comes with every storage system, is easy to use, and includes Help that explains Data ONTAP features and how to work with them in FilerView.

For more information about accessing a NetApp storage system with FilerView, and about FilerView Help, see the System Administration Guide.

Command conventions

In examples that illustrate commands executed on a UNIX workstation, the command syntax and output might differ, depending on your version of UNIX.

Keyboard conventions

When describing key combinations, this guide uses the hyphen (-) to separate individual keys. For example, "Ctrl-D" means pressing the "Control" and "D" keys simultaneously. Also, this guide uses the term "Enter" to refer to the key that generates a carriage return, although the key is named "Return" on some keyboards.

Typographic conventions

The following table describes typographic conventions used in this guide.

Convention	Type of information
Italic font	Words or characters that require special attention. Placeholders for information you must supply. For example, if the guide says to enter the `arp -d` hostname command, you enter the characters "arp -d" followed by the actual name of the host. Book titles in cross-references.
`Monospaced` font	Command and daemon names. Information displayed on the system console or other computer monitors. The contents of files.
`Bold monospaced` font	Words or characters you type. What you type is always shown in lowercase letters, unless you must type it in uppercase letters.

Convention

Type of information

Italic font

Words or characters that require special attention.

Placeholders for information you must supply. For example, if the guide says to enter the arp -d hostname command, you enter the characters "arp -d" followed by the actual name of the host.

Book titles in cross-references.

Monospaced font

Command and daemon names.

Information displayed on the system console or other computer monitors.

The contents of files.

Bold monospaced font

Words or characters you type. What you type is always shown in lowercase letters, unless you must type it in uppercase letters.

Special messages

This guide contains two types of special messages:

Note
A note contains important information that helps you install or operate the system efficiently.

Attention
An Attention notice contains instructions that you must follow to avoid a system crash, loss of data, or damage to the equipment.