HP XP RAID Manager Software - Manual (Page 11)

LAN to the virtual command device, and the requested operations are then performed by the
storage system.
The following table illustrates in-band and out-of-band RAID Manager operations.
Figure 1 Overview of out-of-band and in-band operations
The following table provides a comparison of in-band and out-of-band operations.
Table 2 Comparison of in-band and out-of-band operations
Specification Command Route
The required or not required of user authentication is
changed by the setting of user authentication. Replication In-band (issued from the host
as if it were a command for the
command device)
User authentication is required. Provisioning
User authentication is required. Replication Out-of-band (communicating
directly with the SVP)
User authentication is required. Provisioning
User authentication
To enable user authentication, it is required to enable user authentication mode for the command
device of RAID Manager. If the authentication is disabled, provisioning commands and out-of-band
commands cannot be executed.
The user information to be used (user ID or password) are the same with that of Remote Web
Console and SVP.
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