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NetApp ONTAP Command Reference for Storage Administrators

Six hundred and seventy-four commands, two generations of the operating system, one page. The twelve curated families below cover the commands NetApp administrators reach for daily — 7-Mode and clustered ONTAP side by side, safety-rated, one click to copy. Underneath them sits the full searchable explorer: the complete deduplicated command inventory with live search and filters, so "what was that anti-ransomware show command?" is a keystroke, not a documentation dive.

Who this is for: NetApp administrators · storage administrators · anyone operating FAS/AFF estates or legacy 7-Mode systems

Curated: 85 commands across 12 families · Explorer: 674 commands, searchable · Validated against ONTAP 9.x; 7-Mode rows marked · Reviewed by WUC Storage Infrastructure Engineering · Last validated: 2026-07-24

!!Command safety model

01Using the ONTAP CLI well

Five habits that make the clustered CLI feel like a power tool instead of a maze. Tab completes and ? explains — at any point in a command, ? lists what can come next. -fields picks your columns (and bare -fields ? lists every field a command offers — field names are the compact forms, ostype not “OS Type”). -instance shows everything about one object when the summary row is not enough. Privilege levels gate the sharp tools: set -privilege advanced unlocks more, set -privilege diagnostic should be typed only when Support asks. Scope with -vserver — in clustered ONTAP most data-serving commands are SVM-scoped, and forgetting the scope shows you everything or nothing.

cluster identity show

          Cluster UUID: 4ea7a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412
          Cluster Name: bos-aff-01
 Cluster Serial Number: 1-80-000099
      Cluster Location: Boston
       Cluster Contact: storage-team@nexora.local

02System & Hardware

Identity, versions, hardware inventory and health — the commands every session starts with, in both generations of the OS.

03Storage & Aggregates

Aggregates, disks and physical capacity. The 7-Mode aggr/disk verbs and their clustered storage aggregate/storage disk equivalents.

04Volumes

Volume lifecycle and space. Note how 7-Mode vol verbs map onto clustered volume commands with an SVM scope.

05SAN & LUN

Block-side essentials — pairs naturally with the LUN serial correlation guide.

06Networking

Interfaces, LIFs, routes and ports across both generations.

07Cluster & HA

Cluster membership and storage failover. The takeover/giveback pair is where this family stops being read-only — see the warning above the table.

08NAS Protocols (NFS & CIFS)

File-side service state for both protocols.

09Snapshots & Backup

Snapshot listing, creation and restore. snap restore rewinds an entire volume — treat it with SnapRestore-license respect.

10Performance, QoS & Statistics

Live statistics and system load in both CLIs.

11Events, Jobs & AutoSupport

The event log, background jobs, and AutoSupport — the first three places to look when something already went wrong.

12Security & Access

Logins, roles and audit basics from the curated set; the explorer below holds the full security command tree (72 commands, anti-ransomware included).

13Licensing

What is licensed, in each generation.

EXThe full explorer — 674 commands, searchable

Every unique command from the WUC inventory — the twelve families above plus the deep command trees (vserver alone has 165 entries, security 72 including the full anti-ransomware set, metrocluster 24). Type to search across command text and descriptions; filter by family or platform; click Copy on any row. Runs entirely in your browser.

FAQFrequently asked questions

RFReferences

1. NetApp — ONTAP command reference (authoritative, per release)
2. NetApp — ONTAP 9 documentation
3. NetApp Support — 7-Mode legacy documentation archive

→From the same practice

• NetApp LUN Serial Number in VMware — NAA correlation + live decoder
• Cisco MDS Zoning for NetApp AFF Dual-Fabric Setups
• PowerScale (Isilon) OneFS Command Reference
• Post-OEM storage maintenance

Still SSH-ing into a filer nobody else will touch?

Most NetApp estates we assess run fine until the one person who knows them leaves. WUC engineers deliver operational assessments, runbook documentation, and ongoing maintenance for ONTAP environments inside and outside OEM support — including the 7-Mode systems everyone else refuses to look at.

• ONTAP health and configuration assessments
• SnapMirror / MetroCluster DR validation
• 7-Mode support and migration planning
• Post-OEM hardware maintenance for FAS/AFF

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