Installation and Reference Guide for HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 (AA-RVJ6F-TE, March 2008)

1 Ins talling the HP MPIO Full

Fe atured DSM for XP family of Disk

Arrays

HP MPIO Full Featured Device Speciﬁ c Module (DSM) for XP family of Disk Arrays (HP MPIO XP DSM)

provides multipathing suppor t for HP StorageWorks XP family of disk arrays on Windows platforms using

the Microsoft Multipath Input-Output (MPIO) framework. This chapter describes the following:

• Preparing for installation

• Installing HP MPIO XP DSM

• Upgrading HP MPIO XP DSM

• Migrating from Secure Path to HP MPIO XP DSM

•MigratingfromHPMPIOBasicFailovertoHPMPIOXPDSM

• Migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Ser ver 2008 with HP MPIO XP DSM

• RemovingHPMPIOXPDSM

• Using silent installation

• Setting up boot from SAN

Preparing for installation

Before installing HP MPIO XP DSM, verify that your system components support the HP MPIO XP DSM

and determine whether you need to upgrade hardware or software before installation.

To prepare your system for the installation of H P MPIO XP DSM:

1. Complet

e the pre-installation checklist (Table 2).

2. Install all hardware components, as described in the hardware installation and conﬁguration

documentation.

3. Install

any required operating system ser vice packs.

4. Back up all user data.

5. Log in with administrator privileges.

6. Ensure that no other i nstallation program is in progress (for example, the Found New Hardware

wiz ar

d).

7. If your system is running Microsoft Terminal Server, change the Terminal Server from Execution

mode to Installation mode.

Table

2 lists the information you need before installing the H P MPIO XP DSM.

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00