HP 6G Virtual SAS Manager User Guide

Part I Basic information and concepts
HP Virtual SAS Manager (VSM) is the software application used to configure HP SAS BL Switches, including
tasks such as creating and managing hardware-based zone groups. These zone groups allocate resources
for device load balancing purposes and for selectively allowing access to data. For planning purposes,
zone groups and assignments can be pre-configured, even if server bays or drive bays are not yet populated.
Embedded in the SAS BL Switch firmware, VSM can be deployed in two operating modes: a graphical user
interface (GUI) and a command line interface (CLI).
• Graphical User Interface (GUI)—For information on the VSM GUI, see “VSM GUI” (page 11).
• Command Line Interface (CLI)—For information on the VSM CLI, see “VSM CLI” (page 51).