# Introduction to the DataFabric Manager server

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The DataFabric Manager server supports a set of applications that provide advanced functionality to monitor and manage NetApp storage systems. The applications that are included in the DataFabric Manager server are Operations Manager, Performance Advisor, Protection Manager, and Provisioning Manager. The DataFabric Manager server provides infrastructure services for these applications, such as discovery, monitoring, and role-based access control (RBAC) of NetApp storage systems. It also provides services such as auditing and logging for NetApp storage systems.

Note: For more information about the DataFabric Manager server and its applications, see Operations Manager, Provisioning Manager, and Protection Manager Documentation.

The DataFabric Manager server is an independent application that runs outside NetApp storage systems. It provides APIs and the command-line interface (CLI) that enable you to interact with NetApp storage systems.

The DataFabric Manager server can have any one of the following clients:

- Operations Manager—The Web-based user interface of the DataFabric Manager server

- NetApp Management Console—Consists of the storage system management applications, such as Performance Advisor, Protection Manager, and Provisioning Manager

- Applications that you build by using the interfaces, for example, the APIs that are provided by the DataFabric Manager server

The following diagram illustrates the interactions between the applications of the DataFabric Manager server and NetApp storage systems.