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Introduction
------------

Welcome to the TrueNAS® Administrator Guide. This Guide provides
information about configuring and managing the TrueNAS® Unified Storage
Array. Your iXsystems support engineer will assist with the initial
setup and configuration of the array. Once you are familiar with the
configuration workflow, this document can be used as a reference guide
to the many features provided by TrueNAS®.

**Typographic Conventions**

The TrueNAS® Administrator Guide uses the following typographic
conventions:

* Names of graphical elements such as buttons, icons, fields, columns,
  and boxes are enclosed within quotes. For example: click the
  :guilabel:`Import Ca` button.

* Menu selections are italicized and separated by arrows. For example:
  :menuselection:`System --> Information`.

* Commands that are mentioned within text are highlighted in
  :command:`bold text`. Command examples and command output are
  contained in green code blocks.

* Volume, dataset, and file names are enclosed in a blue box
  :file:`/like/this`.

* Keystrokes are formatted in a blue box. For example: press
  :kbd:`Enter`.

* **bold text:** used to emphasize an important point.

* *italic text:* used to represent device names or text that is input
  into a GUI field.
