Deciding whether to use the Network Management Guide

This guide describes basic storage network administration. It shows you how to configure physical and virtual network ports (VLANs and interface groups), how to create LIFs using IPv4 and IPv6, how to manage routing and host-resolution services in clusters, how to use load balancing to optimize network traffic, and how to monitor a cluster using SNMP.

You should use this guide under the following circumstances:

• You want to understand the range of ONTAP network management capabilities.

• You want to use the command-line interface (CLI), not ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series.

If you want to use ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series to configure the network, you should choose the following documentation:

• Cluster Management Using Storage Manager

If you require additional configuration or conceptual information, you should choose among the following documentation:

• Conceptual background for network configuration

  ONTAP concepts

• NAS file access

  • NFS File Access Reference Guide
  • SMB/CIFS File Access Reference Guide

• SAN host provisioning

  • SAN Administration Guide

• Command reference

  ONTAP Command man pages