Installation and Reference Guide for HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays 3.00.00 (AA-RW8SF-TE, March 2008)

About this guide

This guide provides information about HP MPIO Full Featured Device SpeciﬁcModule(DSM)for

EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays (called the “H P MPIO EVA DSM” throughout this guide),

including:

• Installing, upgrading, and removing HP MPIO EVA DSM

• Support for load balancing in Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)/Failover Cluster environments

• Managing HP MPIO EVA DSM

Intended audience

This document is intended for users of HP MPIO EVA DSM and users who are experienced with the

following:

• Microsoft Windows Server 20 03 (x86, IA64 and x64) , Windows Ser ver 2008 (x86, IA64 and

x64), and Windows Server 2008 – Server Core (x86 and x64)

• EVA3000 and

EVA5000 disk array s

• Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)/Failover Cluster environments

R elated documentation

In addition to this guide, see HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays

release notes.

Additional documentation, including whitepapers and best-practices documents, is available at

ttp://www.hp.com

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA3000/5000 VCS 4.xxx Disk Arrays 3.00.00