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4. Install the QLogic Device Specific Module (DSM) with the multipath

input/output (MPIO) driver.

QLogic provides a special Device Specific Module for Microsoft multipath

input/output driver. This DSM is specifically designed to work with the IBM

TotalStorage DS400. See 3.4.4, "DS400 failover" on page 51 for failover

For more information about MPIO, see Microsoft whitepaper "Highly Available

Storage: Multipathing and the Microsoft MPIO Driver Architecture":

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/storage/mpio/defaul

Frequently Asked Questions: Microsoft Multipath I/O:

http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/technologies/storage/mpio/faq.ms

To install the QLogic Device Specific Module together with the Multipath IO

driver perform the following steps.

a. Download and extract the driver archive. See DS400 software and driver

matrix for the correct versions of the HBA driver and the DSM and MPIO.

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=1110&uid=psg1MIGR-58619

b. Run the install.bat file included in the driver archive.

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