Fibre-Channel Attachment Considerations For Windows Server 2003; Installing And Configuring The Emulex Adapter Card - IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Attachment Manual
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v See http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000 for details about the
Either you or an IBM service support representative must perform the following
tasks to install and configure a storage unit:
1. Install the storage unit by using the procedures in the IBM TotalStorage DS6000
2. Define the fibre-channel host system with the worldwide port name identifiers.
3. Define the fibre-port configuration if you did not do it when you installed the
4. Configure the host system for the storage unit by using the instructions in your
Configuration requirements
You must consider the following configuration requirements when you attach a
storage unit to a Windows Server 2003 host system:
v Version 1.4.0.0 or later of the SDD supports the Windows Server 2003 host
v Map to the LUNs for the target volumes of the Windows Server 2003 host when
v If you map the LUNs, perform the LUN mapping after the Remote Mirror and
v Perform the mapping when the target volume is mapped to the host through the
Fibre-channel attachment considerations for Windows Server 2003
This section lists the fibre-channel attachment considerations for your Windows
Server 2003 host system.
For up-to-date information about the servers, operating systems, hosts, adapter
cards, switches, and fabric connections that IBM supports, see the Interoperability
Matrix at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/disk/ds6000/interop.html.
Installing and configuring the Emulex adapter card
The following sections describe how to download, install, and configure the Emulex
adapter card for the Windows Server 2003.
Installation considerations for the Emulex adapter card for
Windows Server 2003
This section lists considerations for attaching a Windows Server 2003 host system
to a storage unit with an Emulex adapter card.
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release level for your operating system.
Installation, Troubleshooting, and Recovery Guide.
For the list of worldwide port names, see "Locating the worldwide port name
(WWPN)," on page 211.
storage unit or fibre-channel adapters.
host system publications.
system in a clustering environment. To have failover protection on an open
system, SDD requires at least two paths, and SDD allows a maximum of 32
paths. See http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sdd.html for
the most current information about SDD.
you need access to the data on the target volume. This greatly reduces the time
it takes for the host system to restart. If you do not map the LUNs for the target
volumes of the Windows Server 2003 host, the system can take up to 10 minutes
per Remote Mirror and Copy target volume to map the LUNs.
Copy operation and immediately before you access the data. You must restart
the host system before you can access the data on the target volume.
IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager.
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