Manage ONTAP SDK Introduction and Download Information
Created on: Mar 19, 2008 2:03 AM by ravir - Last Modified: Oct 15, 2009 3:37 AM by nagendrk
Manage ONTAP SDK Overview
Manage ONTAP SDK provides resources to develop applications that monitor and manage NetApp® storage systems. The SDK makes it easy to utilize the capabilities of NetApp storage systems. The SDK also supports the IBM N series systems.
The Product offering includes:
SDK Core API library bindings in C and C++, Java™, Perl®, and .NET
Support on Windows®, Linux® (RHEL/SLES/OEL), Solaris®, HP-UX®, AIX®, and VMware® ESX
SDK Core API and Data ONTAP® API documentation, sample codes, developer tools
Manage ONTAP SDK Help
Key Features of the product:
Provides access to Data ONTAP features through APIs
Small set of immutable Core APIs
Easy to learn SDK programming
Supported on multiple platforms
Windows, Linux (RHEL/SLES/OEL), Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, VMware ESX
Supports multiple language interfaces
C & C++, Java, Perl, C#, VB.NET and PowerShell
Supports multiple transport protocols
HTTP, HTTPS and Windows RPC
Supports different authentication mechanisms
login/password, host.equiv and Windows RPC authentication
Supports multithreading
SDK APIs are Thread-safe
Latest Version of Manage ONTAP SDK
Version: 3.5.1
New in SDK 3.5.1:
- Microsoft .NET support for PowerShell 1.0.
- SDK core APIs for connection timeout in Java and Perl.
- Data ONTAP 8.0 (7-mode) APIs.
For more details about SDK 3.5.1, please refer the attached SDK 3.5.1 Release Notes.
For Third-Party Copyrights and License information, refer Third-Party Copyrights and Licenses.pdf
Download SDK 3.5.1
Your feedback is very important to improve the product. Please provide your feedback at this link: SDK 3.5.1 Feedback
glenn.sizemore
says:
After 48hr's to bang on the new release... first impression well done! Time will find bug's, but you bit off a big bite here and shipped a major upgrade in the language support! I applauded you for not resting on your laurels, but I wan't my cookies and milk... Now it's time to take it all the final mile... When can I expect some real powershell cmdlets?
~Glenn
nagendrk
says
in response to ingolantschner:
No. You can make use of new SDK versions, they are backward campatible.
adam.serediuk
says:
Fantastic! This is just what I need.
Are you aware of any plans to add Python to the list of supported languages?
ankurj
says
in response to glenn.sizemore:
Hi Glenn,
Thanks for postive feedback. We are planning to officially support powershell in next release of SDK.
Thanks,
Ankur
jessica_w
says:
Thanks for the suggestion. I will discuss on this regard with my team.
If you have any more suggestions, please share it with us.
richard5
says
in response to adam.serediuk:
I'd like to second the requirement of ontapi Python support!
cmoore@hsutx.edu
says:
How is the SDK licensed? What are the copyright terms? I see the 3rd party copyrights and licenses, but the SDK itself doesn't include any notification of copyright or licensing terms from NetApp. I'm specifically wanting to know about the sample code. Thanks
mrydeenakorri
says
in response to cmoore@hsutx.edu:
Where can I find the differences between the 3.0.1 SDK and the 3.5.1 SDK? I looked in the release notes but did not find anything. Specifically looking for issues that might have been resolved, speed increases, etc.
Thank you,
Michael
sdh_mayo_az
says:
Is there any plan to implement CIFS ACCESS command in the API? There really isn't a good way to automate share permission management in Windows except through WMI, and ONTAP doesn't present a Windows compatible WMI interface. This is about the only ONTAP CIFS command not implemented by the API.
Thanks,
(-: Steve
rkiran
says
in response to sdh_mayo_az:
You can use the system-cli API call to invoke cifs access command. It's not supported, but you should be able to get the information.
Link for how to use in PERL:
Is there a place where and/or how can I download older SDK-Version? I am writing some Nagios-checkscripts for filers which require Manage ONTAP SDK version 2.0 an 2.0P1? Thanks, Ingo (ingo@boxbe.com)