IBM DS6000 Series manual DS Open application programming interface, DS Command-Line Interface

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.

Note: The management console hardware is not part of the DS6000, it has to be ordered separately.

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

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