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EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment

Installation and Configuration

How this Guide Works

In an effort to simplify the installation and configuration of QLogic

fibre channel HBAs, this guide follows a simple flow chart, as shown

in Figure 1-1 on page 1-3, that guides you through the necessary

procedures to connect your Windows server to EMC storage arrays.

Tips on planning, miscellaneous procedures, and troubleshooting

information are located in Chapter 2, Planning, Miscellaneous

Procedures, and Troubleshooting.

This document will guide you through the following steps:

1. Installing the HBA into Your Server on page 1-4

2. If Booting from the External Storage Array on page 1-10:

a. Create a Floppy Disk with the EMC-Approved Driver and BIOS on

page 1-10.

b. Install/Upgrade Firmware and Boot BIOS from DOS on page 1-11.

c. Verifying Array/LUN Visibility for Boot on page 1-12.

3. Installing the Windows operating system.

4. Installing drivers and HBA software utilities.

5. Verifying connectivity between the server and EMC Array.

6. Installing multipath software like EMC Powerpath and enabling

multiple storage paths.

Downloading Latest QLogic Drivers/Firmware/BIOS files

Throughout this document, there are references to updated files from

QLogic. All of the versions included on the QLogic CD packaged

with your HBA are current as of this documents release. However,

there may be updates to these files that may be necessary to

download. For these, use the QLogic website,

http:///www.qlogic.com. From the main page on the QLogic

website, click Downloads link on the left side of the page. On the

resulting support page, click the EMC link under the OEM Models

section. On the resulting page, click the EMC Array category for your

storage array. On the resulting EMC Approved Software page, it is

possible to download all of the most recent EMC-Approved drivers

and BIOS files as well as documentation and helpful software tools.