User`s guide

FC2354601-00 E 19-1
Section 19
SANblade Control VIX Application for Windows 2000
19.1
Introduction
The SANblade Control VIX Application allows you to enable virtual interface (VI) as
well as configure the host and attached HBAs. To enable VI, you must have an HBA
with attritional memory and a driver that supports VI. At the time of publication, only
the Windows 2000 driver and the QLA2350/2352 HBA meet these criteria.
SANblade Control VIX has the following features:
n VI configuration
n Host parameters configuration
n HBA parameters configuration
n NVRAM parameters configuration
n Diagnostics
n Reporting basic information about the local host and HBAs
NOTE: SANblade Control VIX configures HBAs on the local machine; it cannot
configure HBAs on remote machines.
Throughout this section, HBA and adapter are used interchangeably.
19.2
Installing SANblade Control VIX
The following requirements must be met before you install the SANblade Control
VIX GUI:
n The QLA2350/2352 HBAs must be installed (see section 6.2).
n The Windows 2000 driver must be installed (see section 19).
n Note that the SANblade Control VIX Application configures HBAs on the local
machine; it cannot configure HBAs on remote machines.
n If you want to use the SANblade Control VIX diagnostic function to pass data
between ports on two systems, you must install the SANblade Control VIX
Application on both systems.
n You need approximately 21 MB on the PC to install the SANblade Control VIX
Application.