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Mapping a command device – HP XP Racks User Manual

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You cannot execute I/O to the remote command device.

You cannot set command device disable on the remote command device.

You cannot set command device security on the remote command device.

Do not set the command device security on the external storage system side for the command
device that is mapped as a remote command device.

You cannot create CVs using the VLL function in the remote command device.

Cache Residency is not available on the remote command device.

Command device information reported to the local host by the remote command device includes
the following:

Serial number

Vendor

Device name. The name displayed for many individual storage system is listed in

“Supported external systems path mode for external volumes” (page 23)

.

Errors can occur when operations are performed on the remote command device, even though
the status of the remote command device is normal. In this case, check the status of the
command device on the external storage system where the error actually exists.

Mapping a command device

To map a command device, select a command device that can be mapped and follow the procedure
in

“Mapping an external volume” (page 34)

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When mapped, the remote command device appears in the Remote Web Console Mapped Volumes
window, Device Name column as follows:

Displayed information in Device Name column

Storage system

Format: "Emulation Type" + "-CM"

HP XP7 Storage

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Remote command devices

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