HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 13)

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 3 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 the user authentication mode for the command
device of RAID Manager. A virtual command device always enables the user authentication mode.
If the authentication is disabled, provisioning commands and out-of-band commands cannot be
executed.
The user information to be used (user ID and password) are the same as those used for Remote
Web Console and the SVP.
LDEV nickname function
A unique nickname with up to 32 characters can be given to an LDEV.
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