Hardware and software requirements

This section describes the hardware and software required to support the REST API server.

Child Topics

• Enabling Native REST API

  This document covers API version 7 supported by the HNAS native REST API. Native API mode has been introduced in software release 13.9.6800, and will be used for future API improvements and features, replacing the previous legacy API versions.

• Authenticating with the REST API server
• Ports used by the REST API server

  The REST API server uses the TCP port 8444 for HTTPS communication.

• Hitachi file storage firmware requirements

  The firmware requirements are the following.

• Adding a file storage system

  There are no specific REST API server configuration requirements for file storage other than the REST API server host having network connectivity to the file storage system.

• Acquiring the correct admin EVS IP address

  This section provides information about acquiring the correct admin Enterprise Virtual System (EVS) IP address.