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Deciding whether to use the SAN Administration Guide

This guide describes basic SAN host provisioning. It shows you how to configure and manage LUNs, igroups, and targets using the iSCSI and FC protocols, and namespaces and subsystems using the NVMe/FC protocol.

You should use this guide under the following circumstances:

  • You want to understand the range of ONTAP SAN host provisioning capabilities.

  • You want to perform less common configuration and maintenance tasks, not basic SAN configuration.

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

If you want to use ThinkSystem Storage Manager for DM Series to provision SAN hosts, you should choose the following documentation:

If you want to create a basic SAN configuration using best practices, you should choose among the following documentation:

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