Using the design guides you can use a set of Data ONTAP APIs and develop applications for a particular solution domain. Following design guides are available for download at the NetApp Technology Network* site:
Performance Management provides documentation on how to use different Performance APIs to get the required data for analyzing the performance of NetApp storage system.
Block Access Management provides information about how to use NetApp open interfaces to manage the block access protocols, such as iSCSI, FCP, and block access entities like LUNs, initiator groups, and portsets for NetApp storage systems.
Unified Capacity Management provides the details of how to use NetApp open interfaces for Unified Capacity management.
* NetApp Technology Network is a NetApp community for technical users; an open forum for customers, partners and NetApp technical experts to share knowledge, ideas, and more.