摘要 |
One example of the present invention is directed to a data-storage system comprising a plurality of data-storage devices, one or more communications connections through which the data-storage system receives management and data-access commands and sends responses to received commands, and one or more processors. The one or more processors execute controller functionality that controls command and response exchanges through the communications connections, accesses the data-storage devices, and provides a data-storage-system interface that includes a management-interface portion that provides access to management functionality, a data-interface portion that provides access to data-access functionality, and a management-interface tunnel that provides alternative access to management functionality through the data-interface portion of the data-storage-system interface.
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