Serial Attached SCSI technologies and architectures, 4th edition

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VSM provides both a browser-based GUI that can run on any OS and a CLI accessible through
Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
Single sign-on from the Onboard Administrator web interface eliminates the need to maintain
separate user accounts.
Advanced management of storage enclosures includes firmware updating.
Online switch replacement is supported when implemented in redundant configurations.
SNMP provides support for management reporting.
Capture and deploy CLI commands that replicate storage configurations to new racks provide
increased datacenter productivity.
You can easily determine if zone groups are online or offline with GUI and CLI zone group
indicators.
Zoning example
When you deploy an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, each server in the enclosure needs its own
dedicated disks. The servers in the enclosure need more capacity than an HP StorageWorks SB40c
Storage Blade can provide. Zoning can solve this problem.
Figure 14 shows a direct-connect, zoned solution using the StorageWorks MDS600 and an external
direct attached storage enclosure that holds up to 70 disk drives. Zoning creates drive subsets in the
MDS600 and associates each subset with individual servers so they appear as local storage.