Product specifications

FC0054604-00 A 2-1
2 NPIV Deployment
Requirements
The following sections list the hardware and software requirements that must be
met before deploying a QLogic NPIV solution on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.
Hardware Requirements
 NPIV Enabled FC HBA. QLogic 2400 series (4Gb) or 2500 series (8Gb)
Fibre Channel HBA (also referred to as adapter).
 NPIV Enabled FC Switch. Use one of the following:
 QLogic SANbox
®
5600 (4Gb) stackable Fibre Channel switch
 QLogic SANbox 5800 (8Gb) stackable Fibre Channel switch
 QLogic SANbox 9000 modular Fibre Channel switch
 Any NPIV-enabled Fibre Channel switch
 Server Hardware. Microsoft recommended server configuration for
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and VMM 2007.
Software Requirements
 QLogic FC HBA Driver. Version 9.1.7.16 or higher
 QLogic FC Switch Firmware. Version 6.8.0.03 or higher
 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1. All required components
 Microsoft VMM 2007. All required components
 QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI and Agent. Version 5.0.1
Build 31 or higher
 Multipathing I/O (MPIO). Latest available version of the MPIO software
from your storage array vendor. One example is EMC
®
PowerPath
®
for EMC
storage arrays.
 Microsoft Virtual Disk Service