The Data ONTAP API suite is a framework of methods that you can use from external applications to perform all the functions on a storage system running Data ONTAP.
The following are some of the advantages of using the
Data ONTAP API suite:
- Access to Data ONTAP features through APIs
- Support for multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux, Solaris, VMware ESX, and so on
- Support for multiple languages such as C, C++, Java, Perl, and so on
- Support for multiple transport protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, and Windows RPCs
- Support for different authentication mechanisms such as login/password, Windows RPC authentication, and so on
- Support for multithreading