About this guide

Here you can learn what this document describes and who it is intended for, what special terminology is used in the document, what command, keyboard, and typographic conventions this document uses to convey information, and other details about finding and using information.

This document describes how to configure, operate, and manage the storage resources for storage systems that run Data ONTAP software. It covers disks, RAID groups, plexes, and aggregates, and how file systems, or volumes, and qtrees are used to organize and manage data.

• Audience
  Here you can learn who this document is written for and the assumptions that were made about the preexisting knowledge and experience you have.
• Terminology
  To understand the concepts in this document, you might need to know the terms defined here.
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• Command, keyboard, and typographic conventions
  This document uses command, keyboard, and typographic conventions that help you enter commands.
• Special messages
  This document might contain the following types of messages to alert you to conditions you need to be aware of. Danger notices and caution notices only appear in hardware documentation, where applicable.