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appendIx b: MultIpathInG on
wIndows
The appendix covers the following topics:
• Before You Begin
• Installing PerfectPath
• VerifyingInstallation
• Running Perfect Path View
• MonitoringYourLUNsandPaths
• Features and Settings
• Troubleshooting
• Updating PerfectPath
• Repairing PerfectPath
• RemovingPerfectPath
PerfectPathisamultipathingsoftwaredesignedforusewithASUSStorageASUSDS300fG2RAIDsubsystem
products and includes:
• GUI–Graphicuserinterface,PerfectPathView,foreasymonitoringandsettings.
• DSM–Device-SpecicModuledriver.
• EventsService–Noticationservicepostseventstotheapplicationlog.
PerfectPathsupportsFibreChannelandSerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)technologies.
PerfectPathrunsonWindowsServer2008and2008R2operatingsystems,onbothx86andx64platforms.
ForalistofsupportedOSes,downloadthelatestcompatibilitylistfromASUSStoragesupport:http://www.
ASUSStorage.com/support/.
before you beGIn
BeforeyouinstallPerfectPathonyourWindowsHostPC,youmust:
• InstallyourFibreChannelorSASHBAcardsandtheirdevicedrivers.
• Close all computer and storage management applications, including Computer Management, Device
Manager,DiskManagement,andtheRegistryEditor.
Note
Ifyouhaveacomplexconguration,suchasmultipleHBAsconnectedwithmultipleLUNs
andpathstoyourPC,installationcantakealongtime.Youcanchoosetotemporarily
disconnectyourstorage,installPerfectPath,thenreconnectyourstoragetoreduce
installationtime.