ONTAP 9 - Different Shell's Tutorial

ONTAP 9 - Different Shell's Tutorial:


In ontap 9 has the following shell environments.



1. Cluster Shell ( Command Scope. Can access all Nodes)
2. Node Shell (Only one Node)
3. System Shell (Only One Node)

Cluster Shell:

Using this Cluster shell you can manage all the nodes.

Prompt looks Clustername ::>

Ontap 9 has Three Privilege Modes.

1. Admin Mode (Default)

2. Advanced Mode 

3. Diag Mode

Prompt Looks in Advanced and Diag Mode Clustername ::*>

Few commands not works in admin mode, so you have run these commands either Advanced or Diag Mode.

Node Shell:

 You can switch to Node Shell from cluster shell only.

Node shell you can run only 7-Mode commands.

Prompt looks Node Name>


System Shell:

Prompt Looks Node-Name %

This system shell is used for diagnostic purpose.
You can see all config and log files.

You can access and check the RDB units also.