ONTAP 9 Manuals ( CA08871-402 )

ONTAP user interfaces

ONTAP data management software offers multiple interfaces you can use to manage your ONTAP clusters. These interface options provide different levels of access and functionality and give you the flexibility to manage your ONTAP clusters as appropriate based on your environment.

You can use any of these interfaces to administer your ONTAP clusters and perform data management operations

ONTAP System Manager

ONTAP System Manager is a web-based user interface that provides a simplified and intuitive way to manage your cluster. You can administer common operations such as storage configuration, data protection, and network setup and management. ONTAP System Manager also provides risk and cluster performance monitoring and insights to help you react to cluster issues and get ahead of issues before they occur. Learn more.

The ONTAP System Manager interface was redesigned in ONTAP 9.7 to provide a more streamlined and intuitive user experience. The procedures in this documentation site describe the redesigned ONTAP System Manager interface, which continues to offer more options with each ONTAP release.

ONTAP command line interface

The ONTAP command line interface (CLI) is a text-based interface that allows you to interact with a cluster, node, SVM, and more using commands. CLI commands are available based on role type. You can access the ONTAP CLI through SSH or a console connection to a node in the cluster.

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