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Introduction

  • NetApp Knowledge Base is the repository of Solutions, Answers, Procedures, and Support Information on NetApp Products and Services.
  • Knowledge Base (KB) content is written by NetApp's Technical Experts and Knowledge Domain Experts to provide the best self-service experience for our customers.
  • KB articles are designed to be easily searchable, usable, and sufficient to solve customers’ issue.

Log into NetApp Knowledge Base

  • Go to https://kb.netapp.com, click on Sign in, and enter your user name and password to log into NetApp Knowledge Base.
  • If you face any issues logging into the Knowledge Base, email ng-kb-support@netapp.com
  • To access customer-exclusive content, please log into the KB site.

KB site sign in with All NetApp

Language Preference

  • Once you log into the KB site, you can select your preferred language from the top-right corner of the page.

Language dropdown home page

  • KB content is available in English, Japanese, and Chinese.
  • When you log into the KB site and select Japanese/Chinese for the first time, your account will be created for the selected language as well.
    • When you select Japanese/Chinese, the respective language page opens in a new tab. KB content can be searched in Japanese/Chinese on the language sites.
  • If you face any issues logging in to the Knowledge Base , email ng-kb-support@netapp.com

Notes:

  • Translation on the KB site is done by Neural Machine Translation tools and is aimed to provide basic understanding of the KB content. It is a literal translation and certain words may not translate accurately.
  • To view the original content of the article, use the English version.
  • Report any translation errors using the Feedback option available at the end of the article. 

All NetApp

  • The 'All NetApp' drop-down, located at the top-right corner of the KB site, provides easy access to NetApp's vast range of resources, including Support, Documentation, NetApp TV, and Community.

All NetApp

Site Navigation

Product Categories

KB content can be navigated using the Product Categories and Guides.

  • Click on the Product category to view the Product guides.
  • Under these guides, you can find Solutions, How-to Procedures, Answers, Resolution guides, Videos, and other support information for NetApp products.

Category> Product Category>  Product Guide> KB article

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Example:

Cloud> Cloud Volumes ONTAP> AWS CVOs rebooted twice after an ONTAP upgrade

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All Products

KB content can also be navigated from All Products located on top-left corner of the category, guide, article, and search pages.

All Products home

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Support Bulletins
  • Support Bulletins are announcements or communication on known product-related issues.
  • Based on the visibility of the Support Bulletin, they are available in the Customer or Partner Bulletins Guides.
  • It is available in the featured content section on the homepage and at the top-left corner of category, guide, article, and search pages.

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Other Resources

Other Resources in the Product Guides show the following:

  • Resolution Guides
  • Recently created 
  • Recently updated 
  • Videos

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KB Site Breadcrumbs

On the top of the guide/article page, the KB site breadcrumbs are available, which help you locate (Categories> Product Category> Product Guide) where you are in the KB site.

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Tree Hierarchy
  • Next to the breadcrumbs, you can see the Tree hierarchy.
  • Click on the Tree hierarchy Tree Hierarchy icon.png icon to navigate to a Product Category or Guide. The Tree hierarchy also shows your location in the KB site.

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Search Capabilities

  • NetApp Knowledge Base has Enhanced Search Capabilities.
  • You can use Global Search or Bounded Search to search for Solutions and Answers using keywords or the article title.
  • Search recognizes content from titles, headings, sections, and metadata of articles.
  • Every article has a unique title and are differentiable with tags, which makes them more findable by search engines.
Global Search

Global Search is available on the homepage and on the top-right corner of every page on the KB site.

Global Search

Bounded Search

Bounded Search enables you to search within a specific Product Category or Product Guide, making it easier to find an article belonging to a specific NetApp Product.

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Advanced Search Options

Search Terms
Single term Single word such as "research" or "analytics"
Phrase Group of words surrounded by double quotes, such as "custom CSS"
To match the words exactly

Add "double quote marks" around a term or phrase

Note: Using only one double quote mark, either just at the beginning or end, causes a search error.

To form a more complex query Combine multiple terms with Boolean operators
Boolean Operators
  • Boolean searches help link or unlink search queries.
  • Case-sensitive and require capitalization.
  • If you have more than two words, Boolean searches help refine the search.
OR operator
  • Displays one query or the other.
  • Searching with multiple words (not a phrase in quotes) always searches with OR operator.
  • More relevant search results are boosted if all of the words in the search are in the result.
    Example: Editor OR Table
AND operator
  • Only shows articles that include all of the words in the query.

  • Searching with phrases acts similarly to using AND operator.
    Example: Editor AND Table

NOT operator
  • Removes next word from search results.

  • This helps when you have a large population of results and know you would like to strip out a specific subset of results.
    Example: Editor NOT Table

 
Boost Terms
  • When searching with multiple terms, you can boost a specific term to give it higher priority in the search.
  • Higher the boost value, the more relevance is given to the term.
  • ^: A query like "page editor" can have either "page" or "editor" boosted, depending on where ^ is appended.
    Example: page editor^2 or page^10 editor
Grouping Terms
  • Multiple clauses can be searched using parenthesis, similar to a math equation. This can be useful if you want to control the Boolean logic for a query.
  • ( ): Group words with parenthesis and use Boolean operators to separate them. For example: (mindtouch OR mt4) AND advanced. This searches for either "mindtouch" or "mt4" and "advanced" in the query.
Escape Special Characters

To escape special characters, use "\" before the character.

+ - && || ! ( ) { } ] ^ " ~ *  : \:

Example: \(1\+1\)\:2

Featured Content

The featured content section on the homepage provides links to Resolution Guides, Troubleshooting Guides, Interactive Workflows, Support bulletins and other prominent support content.

Featured Content

Quick Links on the Homepage

Quick Links to other NetApp resources are available at the bottom of the homepage.

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To Submit Feedback

How to submit feedback from Knowledge Base site
For KB article

Use the Feedback widget, seen at the end of an article:

  • To rate an article
  • To comment on an article
  • To let us know if an article needs updates/corrections, and
  • If you have any questions on the article content

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How to submit feedback KB feedback from NetApp Support site

When viewing articles on the NetApp Support Site, you can provide KB feedback by using the Submit Feedback button on the top of the article.

Feedback from Support Site

 

For KB site
  1. Click on Help & Feedback widget clipboard_e631398d4462bfc00205f0b3275371741.png, available at the bottom-right corner of all Knowledge Base pages.
  2. Under Help & Feedback, click on Feedback>Provide KB Site Feedback

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  1. Use the form to provide feedback about your experience with the KB site.

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Export an article as PDF

Click on the Export pages as PDF NetApp support icon available on the top-right corner of an article to export the article content as a PDF.

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Share on Social Media

  • Click on the Share NetApp support icon available on the top-right corner of an article to share an article on your social media account.
  • With this feature, you can share the article on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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