Product specifications

1 – Introduction

How this Guide is Organized

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For a detailed discussion of NPIV benefits, see the QLogic White Paper HBA

Virtualization Technologies for Windows OS Environments.

This white paper is available at the following web page:

ww.qlogic.com/EducationAndResources/WhitePapersResourcelibrarySan.aspx

How this Guide is Organized

This step-by-step guide is organized as a set of procedures:

Step 1: NPIV Deployment Requirements (Section 2). In this step, you

determine what software and hardware components you will need before

you deploy NPIV in Microsoft Virtual Server environments.

Step 2: Sample Configuration and Topology (Section 3). This step

illustrates how to attach the components from Step 1.

Step 3: Configuring the Host and VMM Servers (Section 4). This step

shows you how to configure the host (Virtual Server 2005) and VMM

(VMM 2007) servers to prepare for the steps that follow.

Step 4: Virtual HBA (NPIV) Port Creation and Verification

(Section 5).This step describes how to create and manage virtual ports.

Step 5: Presentation of LUNs to Virtual HBA Port (Section 6). This step

explains how to present LUNs to the newly created virtual HBA port (and

why it is necessary), as well as a brief summary of how to program the

storage array.

Step 6: Creating a Virtual Machine (Section 7). This step is a set of best

practices to follow when creating a SAN-migration capable Virtual Machine

deploying NPIV.

Step 7: Migrating Virtual Machines and Virtual Ports (Section 8). This

step describes how to SAN transfer a Virtual Machine with a virtual port.