Now I have posted about how easy a NetApp array is to configure and manage via the web front-end and even the CLI is really nice and consistent but I also have a problem with the CLI! There is no client CLI, you have to log onto the array to run the commands; this makes scripting a real pain, even more painful when ‘rsh’ protocols are not allowed in our environment (and rightly so).
EMC, IBM, HDS et all all provide a client-based CLI; why can’t NetApp do something similar? Can I make a plea to my NetApp readers; please provide us with an equivalent to the CLI environments that your competitors provide; without this doing job control using things like Control-M is going to be a bit of a pain.
It kind of surprises me that there isn’t one already tho’; I would have thought most Enterprise customers would want one.
I’ve dropped you an email about SecureAdmin, a feature of ONTAP that provides SSH and SSL support. Hope it helps.