HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 9)

External storage system
HP XP7 Storage 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 XP7 Storage.
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 a HP software product requiring installation of a license key. See the HP XP7
Remote Web Console User Guide for instructions.
Interfaces
You can perform External Storage operations using the following interfaces:
•
Remote Web Console
•
RAID Manager
•
Spreadsheets
Remote Web Console
The HP graphical user interface used to manage the HP XP7 Storage 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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