User`s guide

58 Implementing an Open IBM SAN

1.10.13 Verifying the configuration

The following tells you how to determine whether or not your Windows NT 4.0

host system is configured for storage:

1. From the Windows NT desktop, right-click Start.

2. Partition new Fibre Channel drives with Microsoft Disk Administrator. See

your Windows NT documentation for more instructions.

3. Click Explore and verify that you can see the Fibre Channel drives.

4. Select a large file (for example, a 9 MB file), and copy it to a Fibre Channel

drive.

1.10.14 Verifying networking

The following tells you how to determine whether or not your Windows NT 4.0

host system is configured for networking:

1. From the Windows NT desktop, click Start Programs Command Prompt.

2. From the command line, ping a known TCP/IP address.

1.11 Windows 2000 FC host system attachment

This topic tells you how to attach an ESS to a Windows 2000 host system with

the following Fibre Channel adapters.

򐂰 QLogic QLA2100F adapter card

򐂰 QLogic QLA2200F adapter card

򐂰 Emulex LP8000 adapter card

1.11.1 Attachment requirements

This section lists the requirements for attaching the ESS to your host system:

򐂰 Check the LUN limitations for your host system.

򐂰 Ensure that you have the documentation for your host system and the

IBM Enterprise Storage Server User’s Guide (the User’s Guide is on the

compact disc that you receive with the ESS).

See the following Web site for details about the release level for your

operating system: