How to access the storage system
You can access the storage system from the console or through a Telnet session, a Remote Shell connection, a secure shell client application, or the FilerView.
- Methods for accessing a storage system
To access the storage system, you only need network connectivity to the storage system and authentication privileges, and no licenses are required. To store and retrieve data on the storage system, you must have an NFS or a CIFS license installed.
- Methods for accessing a storage system from the console
You can access the console to manage the storage system through the serial port, the RLM, or the BMC.
- Telnet sessions and storage system access
You can access a storage system from a client through a Telnet session.
- How to access a storage system using a Remote Shell connection
You can access a storage system by using a Remote Shell with trusted remote hosts.
- How to access a storage system using FilerView
You can use FilerView to access a storage system. FilerView is an HTTP/Web-based graphical management interface that enables you to manage most storage system functions from a Web browser rather than by entering commands at the console, through a Telnet session, the rsh command, or by using scripts or configuration files.
- How to manage access from administration hosts
An administration host can be any workstation that is either an NFS or a CIFS client on the network.
- Methods for controlling storage system access
Data ONTAP enables you to control how administrators can access the storage system. By limiting how, and from where, administrations can log on, you can increase the security of your storage system.
