# Getting started with Snow Family devices
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With an AWS Snowball Edge device, you can access the storage and compute power of the AWS Cloud locally and cost effectively in places where connecting to the internet might not be an option. You can also transfer hundreds of terabytes or petabytes of data between your on-premises data centers and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). 

**Topics**
+ [Cancelling a job to order a Snow Family device](cancel-job-order.md)
+ [Receiving the Snow Family device](receive-device-sw.md)
+ [Getting your credentials and tools](get-credentials.md)
+ [Downloading and installing the Snowball Edge client](download-the-client.md)
+ [Bind the hardware security module to the Snow device](bind-hsm.md)
+ [Unlocking the device](unlockdevice.md)
+ [Access Snow device and AWS service guides online](docs-online.md)
+ [Powering off the device](turnitoff.md)
+ [Emergency shutdown](emergency-power.md)
+ [Returning the device](return-device.md)