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120 DS6000 Series: Concepts and Architecture
The DS Storage Manager can be accessed from any location that has network access to the
DS management console using a Web browser.
Since the DS Storage Manager is required to manage the DS6000, to perform Copy Services
operations, or to call home to a service provider, the DS management console should always
be on.
For more information about the DS Storage Manager refer to the
DS6000 Installation,
Troubleshooting, and Recovery Guide, GC26-7678.
7.3.2 DS Open application programming interface
The DS Open application programming interface (API) is a non-proprietary storage
management client application that supports routine LUN management activities, such as
LUN creation, mapping and masking, and the creation or deletion of RAID 5 and RAID 10
arrays. The DS Open API also enables Copy Services functions such as FlashCopy and
Remote Mirror and Copy (formally known as Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy).
The DS Open API helps integrate DS configuration management support into storage
resource management (SRM) applications, which allow our customers to benefit from existing
SRM applications and infrastructures. The DS Open API also enables the automation of
configuration management through customer-written applications. Either way, the DS Open
API presents another option for managing storage units by complementing the use of the IBM
TotalStorage DS Storage Manager Web-based interface and the DS Command-Line
Interface.
If you have an application that needs the DS Open API, you have to install the API and you
have to decide where you want to install it.
For more information on the DS Open API refer to
DS Open Application Programming
Interface Reference, GC35-0493.
7.3.3 DS Command-Line Interface
The IBM TotalStorage DS Command-Line Interface (DS CLI) provides a full-function
command set that allows you to check your storage unit configuration, configure the storage
unit, manage (create and delete) logical volumes, and perform other specific application
functions when necessary.
The DS CLI can be used to manage FlashCopy, Metro Mirror, Global Copy, and Global Mirror
functions through batch processes and scripts.
Part of the installation planning is to decide where to install the DS Command-Line Interface.
The DS CLI is supported on several operating systems. For more information on the DS CLI
and the supported environments see Chapter 10, “DS CLI” on page 195.
For detailed information refer to the
TotalStorage DS6000 Command-Line Interface User’s
Guide
, GC26-7681
Note: The management console hardware is not part of the DS6000, it has to be ordered
separately.