ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) for Windows®
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Chapter 8
Installing Drivers
Install the Fibre Channel card driver, and the driver for ETERNUS Disk storage systems or either
the Windows Server® 2008 R2 or the Windows Server® 2008 standard multipath driver (msdsm)
on the server, and then perform configuration.
8.1
Fibre Channel Card Driver Installation
Refer to each "ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) for
Windows® Driver Settings" for detailed setting procedures:
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ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (Fibre Channel) for Windows®
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Driver Settings for PRIMERGY/PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series
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Driver Settings for PRIMEQUEST 500/400 Series
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Driver Settings for Emulex Fibre Channel Cards
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Driver Settings for QLogic Fibre Channel Cards
8.2
Multipath Environment Configuration
Multipath environment configuration differs depending on the multipath driver that is used.
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When using the multipath driver for ETERNUS Disk storage systems
Refer to
"8.2.1 Configuring ETERNUS Multipath or GR Multipath" (page 22)
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When using either the Windows Server® 2008 R2 or the Windows Server® 2008 standard
multipath driver (msdsm)
Refer to
"8.2.2 Configuring the Standard Multipath Driver (msdsm) Environment for Windows
Server® R2 or Windows Server® 2008" (page 23)
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8.2.1
Configuring ETERNUS Multipath or GR Multipath
Install the driver for ETERNUS Disk storage systems as required.
Refer to
"3.4 ETERNUS Disk Storage System Driver Notes" (page 14)
for notes about drivers in
cases such as when connecting the server to the ETERNUS Disk storage system in multipath
configuration and using the path redundancy control (path fail-over) function, and for when
single-path connection is used between the ETERNUS Disk storage system and server.
For the procedure about how to install (or uninstall), setup, and use the drivers for ETERNUS
Disk storage systems, refer to the software manuals.