Deciding whether to use the Administrator Authentication and RBAC Power Guide

This guide describes how to enable login accounts for ONTAP cluster administrators and storage virtual machine (SVM) administrators, and how to use role-based access control (RBAC) to define the capabilities of administrators.

You should use this guide if you want to enable login accounts and RBAC in the following way:

• You want to use the ONTAP command-line interface (CLI), not ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series or an automated scripting tool.

• You want to use best practices, not explore every available option.
• You do not want to read a lot of conceptual background.

• You are not using SNMP to collect information about the cluster.

If this guide is not suitable for your situation, you should see the following documentation instead:

• ONTAP 9.7 Command Reference Guide