HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 9)

External storage system
The HP P9500 can connect to other HP storage systems, original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
systems, and other vendors' systems (such as IBM or EMC). Hosts recognize volumes in these other
systems as “internal volumes” of the HP P9500.
External volume
A volume in the external storage system that is mapped to the local storage system.
Internal volume
A volume managed by the local storage system. An internal volume can be a physical volume or
the virtual representation of an external volume.
License
External Storage is an HP software product requiring installation of a license key. See the HP XP
P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide for instructions.
Interfaces
You can perform External Storage operations using the following interfaces:
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Remote Web Console
•
RAID Manager
•
Spreadsheets
Remote Web Console
The HP graphical user interface used to manage the HP P9500 system and the connected external
storage volumes. Remote Web Console is run from a browser on the user-supplied computer. The
operations described in this document are performed using Remote Web Console.
RAID Manager
RAID Manager provides a command line interface to perform most of the same operations as
Remote Web Console. RAID Manager operations are issued directly from the host, and can be
automated using scripts. External volumes can be used as remote command devices.
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