HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6x00 family of Disk Arrays 4.04.00 Installation and Reference Guide (757324-001, May 2014)

1 Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for P6x00 family
of Disk Arrays
HP MPIO EVA DSM provides multipathing support for HP StorageWorks disk arrays on Windows
platforms using the Microsoft Multipath Input-Output (MPIO) framework. This chapter describes the
following:
• “Preparing for installation”
• “Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM”
• “Upgrading HP MPIO EVA DSM”
• “Removing HP MPIO EVA DSM”
• “Using silent installation”
• “Setting up boot from SAN”
Preparing for installation
Before installing HP MPIO EVA DSM, verify that your system components support the software and
determine whether you need to upgrade the system's hardware or software.
To prepare your system before installing HP MPIO EVA DSM:
1. Complete the pre-installation checklist (“Table 1”).
2. Install all the hardware components, as described in the hardware installation and configuration
documentation.
3. Install any required operating system service packs.
4. Back up all user data.
5. Log on to the system with administrator privileges.
6. Ensure that no other installation program is in progress (for example, the Found New Hardware
wizard).
7. If your system is running Microsoft Terminal Server, change the Terminal Server from Execution
mode to Installation mode.
CAUTION: Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM when the Terminal Server is in execution mode may
have adverse effects on other software products. For detailed information, see the Microsoft website:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;186612
Table 1 lists the information you need before installing the HP MPIO EVA DSM.
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