Administering your storage system

Methods of administration

This section provides a brief overview of the methods you can use to administer your storage systems. For more information about storage system access and administration, see the System Administration Guide.

Administration from the command line

You've already been using the command-line interface by entering commands at the storage system 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 manual pages, and most commands provide online help for syntax. For more information about entering commands at the command line, see the System Administration Guide.

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 storage system prompt or to edit configuration files. You can use FilerView even if you did not purchase a license for the HTTP. For information on how to launch FilerView and use its features, see the System Administration Guide.

Software updates

Software updates are regularly made available to customers who purchase software support agreements.

You can find information about the latest software updates at the NetApp on the Web (NOW) site (http://now.netapp.com/).

When you register with the NOW site, you can configure your account to receive e-mail regarding software updates. For more information about software updates, see the Upgrade Guide.

Custom Management Information Base

You may want to configure the custom Management Information Base (MIB) with SNMP, to retrieve runtime and configuration information about storage system operation such as statistics, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), file systems, and protocols. For more information about custom MIB groups, see the Network Management Guide.

AutoSupport feature

The AutoSupport feature is automatically enabled when you run the setup process on a storage system 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. AutoSupport does not send any messages until at least 24 hours after you complete the setup process. For more information about AutoSupport, see the System Administration Guide.

For additional information

For pointers to more product information about Data ONTAP 7.1, NetApp platforms or related NetApp technology, see the Data ONTAP 7.1 Documentation Roadmap, available at the NetApp on the Web (NOW) site (http://now.netapp.com/).