Installation guide

Installing HBA Driver and Software Utilities

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Installation and Configuration

Installing HBA Driver and Software Utilities

To use EMC storage array disks with a Windows 2000 or Windows

2003 host, you need a Fibre Channel host adapter driver. The driver

and related utilities must be installed and configured before

Windows can access the EMC disks. This driver can be installed

using the QLogic SANsurfer Install Wizard for Windows.

For Windows 2003, EMC supports both the STORPort driver class

and the SCSIPort driver class. Windows 2000 uses only the SCSIPort

driver class.

Three sections are outlined on the following pages to help with

installation and configuration of your HBA drivers and associated

utilities:

◆ Pre-installation Guidelines

◆ Installation

◆ Post-installation Procedures.

Pre-installation Guidelines

Windows 2003

STORPort Updates

Currently the shipping version of Windows 2003 requires post-RTM

hotfixes to resolve some known issues. For all Windows 2003

STORPort installations, you should obtain the current Microsoft QFE

hotfix listed in the EMC Support Matrix with the HBA driver

revisions.

Important

Install this patch and reboot before installing the HBA driver.

EMC recommends that users planning to upgrade to Service Pack 1

for Windows 2003 should upgrade their HBA drivers to the latest

supported version prior to installing the service pack.

Obtaining the QLogic

SANsurfer Install

Wizard for Windows

The SANsurfer Install Wizard for Windows is available on CD-ROM

or downloaded from the QLogic website. To download from the

website:

1. Go to

http://www.qlogic.com/support/oem_product_list.asp?oe

mid=65

2. Select Downloads on the left side of the page.