Users Guide

6 Storage Solutions Guide
Figure 1. Hyper-V Architectural Overview
Guest operating systems requires specialized drivers (VSCs) provided by
Microsoft in order to access the VMBus. The drivers are specific to the type of
device that is presented to the guest operating system through the VM
configuration and are installed as a part of the Integration Services that are
available for Hyper-V supported guest operating systems.
NOTE: All architecture related information provided in this guide assumes that the
guest OS has Integration Services installed.
Advantages of Hyper-V device management model include the following:
• Device specific drivers and utilities created for Windows Server 2008 x64,
work and do not require any changes when Hyper-V is enabled.
• The configuration steps required for connectivity to a storage device in the
physical instance of Windows Server 2008 (Hyper-V is not enabled) are
identical when Hyper-V is enabled and those configuration steps should be
carried out in the parent partition.