FileServer
A file server (Celerra Data Mover or NetApp Filer) is responsible
for central storage and management of data files so that other computers
can access the files. File server configurations can vary greatly,
from a networked group of storage arrays that includes many disk drives
to a virtual entity on a computer host. In a large Celerra network,
however, a file server may be included in a Celerra Network Server
that contains a Control Station, or it might be associated with a
remote Control Station on the same IP network, or with a Control Station
on a network not monitored by
VMware Smart Assurance
. There is no concept of Control Station with the
NetApp Filer, which includes its own management software.A
FileServer object is related to the NASChassis object by the PackagedIn
relationship, and to the IP network through the ConnectedVia relationship.