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1. 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 Import Ca button.
  • Menu selections are italicized and separated by arrows. For example: System → Information.
  • Commands that are mentioned within text are highlighted in bold text. Command examples and command output are contained in green code blocks.
  • Volume, dataset, and file names are enclosed in a blue box /like/this.
  • Keystrokes are formatted in a blue box. For example: press 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.