HP StorageWorks Interface Manager and Command View TL Installation Guide (March 2005)

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Introduction
Functional Overview
The HP StorageWorks Interface Manager for ESL tape libraries is a management
card designed to consolidate and simplify the management of multiple HP
StorageWorks e2400-160 Fibre Channel (FC) interface controllers—also known
as FC-to-SCSI routers—installed in an HP StorageWorks ESL9000 Series Tape
Library. The Interface Manager card provides the following features:
■ Simple, unified, graphical setup and configuration of FC interface controllers
■ Remote management of FC interface controllers via a web-based GUI or
command line interface
■ SAN-related diagnostics for key library components such as interface
controllers, drives, and robotics
■ Additional advanced SAN security and management features are available via
licensing. These features improve security, performance, reliability, and ease
of control. Advanced features include:
— HP StorageWorks Direct Backup Engine for ESL Tape
Libraries—This feature provides a direct or “serverless” backup solution
that streams data directly from the HP disk array to a tape drive in the
ESL Series library without sending data through an application server.
The Interface Manager card is required to activate this feature.
— HP StorageWorks Secure Manager for ESL Tape Libraries—This
feature gives the ESL Series library administrator control over which
libraries or drives within a library may be accessed by the various backup
hosts on the SAN.