Product specifications

FC0054604-00 A 1-1
1 Introduction
Abstract
This guide describes procedures and best practices for planning and deploying an
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) solution with QLogic Fibre Channel (FC) adapters
in a Microsoft
®
Virtual Server 2005 and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2007
environment.
Overview
This guide describes how and why data center system administrators should
deploy the QLogic Fibre Channel adapter NPIV solution in Microsoft Virtual
Server 2005 environments in conjunction with Microsoft VMM 2007.
This step-by-step guide discusses how QLogic FC adapters provide the most
efficient NPIV solution. It also describes the QLogic and Microsoft management
tools that will enable the deployment of NPIV.
This guide is your one-stop source for answering all of your questions about
deploying a QLogic FC HBA NPIV solution with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and
Microsoft VMM 2007.
Audience
This guide is tailored for data center system administrators and IT managers
working in a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and VMM 2007-based Storage Area
Network (SAN) with QLogic FC adapters. This guide assumes that you have basic
working knowledge of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and VMM 2007 and no prior
experience with the QLogic FC adapter NPIV solution.