active controllers in Windows environments (400678-002, October 2006)

Migrating to active/active controllers in Windows environments 13

Post-migration steps

Step Description Check

Restart the server node.

Verify that device drivers are installed correctly within Device Manager:

• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.

• In the Run window, enter devmgmt.msc and then click OK to open the Device

Manager Utility.

• From the main menu, select View>Show hidden devices.

• Right-click the Disk Drives icon, and then select Scan for hardware changes.

• Select Disk Drives to verify that all disks are functioning properly and that the

appropriate number of HP MSA Volume SCSI disk devices are present. (For

example, if four LUNs are presented from the MSA disk array, four HP MSA

Volume SCSI disk devices should be present.)

• If the HP MPIO Full-Featured DSM is installed, select SCSI and RAID controllers to

verify that the Multi-Path Support device is installed.

• Select System Devices to verify that the appropriate number of StorageWorks

MSA1000/1500 devices are installed. (For single-path environments, there

should be only one StorageWorks MSA1000/1500 device for every MSA1000

or MSA 1500 disk array connected.

• For each StorageWorks MSA1000/1500 device present, verify that the correct

driver versions are installed:

•Double-click the StorageWorks MSA 1000/1500 device to open the

StorageWorks MSA1000/1500 Properties window.

•Click the Driver tab, and then click Driver Details to open the Driver File Details

window.

• Verify that the CPQFCAC.SYS driver version is 5.30.0.x or later.

•Click OK to close the Driver File Details window.

•Click OK to close the StorageWorks MSA1000/1500 Properties window.

• Close the Device Manager Utility.

Enable network connections on the system:

• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.

• In the Run window, enter ncpa.cpl and then click OK to open the Network (and

Dial-up) Connections Utility.

• Right-click each network connection, and then select Enable.

• Close the Network (and Dial-up) Connections Utility.

Verify that the HP MPIO DSM Manager (if installed) can access the MSA disk array:

• From the server console desktop, select Start>Run.

• In the Run window, enter compmgmt.msc and then click OK to open the Computer

Management Utility.

• In the left pane, click Computer Management>Storage>HP MPIO DSM Manager.

• Verify that the HP MPIO DSM Manager can locate and access the updated MSA

disk array.

• Close the Computer Management window.

Re-enable all applications and verify that they are functioning properly.