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You must install the Management Service on at least one system on the same subnet
as your iSCSI Storage Appliance. See "Installing Adaptec Storage Manager" on
page 27 for more information.
Adaptec recommends that you install the Management Service on the same system
as the GUI and Agent; however, it can be installed anywhere on your IP SAN, as
long as it's on the same subnet as your iSCSI Storage Appliance.
You can install and add multiple Management Services to Adaptec Storage
Note
Manager, if you want some of your iSCSI Storage Appliances to be configured and
managed separately from others. An individual iSCSI Storage Appliance can be
added to one Management Service only.
Windows Support
Windows Support is a bundle of software components that's offered as an installation
option for systems running Windows 2003 or Windows Vista only. (Component
support varies by operating system. See page 203 for more information.) Windows
support includes:
•
Multipath Input Output (MPIO) Device Specific Module (DSM) Driver
multiple redundant physical paths between your iSCSI Storage Appliance and
your iSCSI Storage Hosts, and supports mirror failover. Supported on systems
running Windows 2003 R2 only.
•
Provisioning Agent
Supported on systems running Windows 2003 only.
•
Virtual Disk Services (VDS) Provider
configure your iSCSI Storage Appliance. Supported on systems running
Windows 2003 or Windows Vista.
•
Volume ShadowCopy Service (VSS) Provider
and file-consistent snapshots. Supported on systems running Windows 2003
only.
Windows Support must be installed on any system that will be an iSCSI Storage
Host. Windows Support can be installed on any system that requires support for
third-party management tools. See "Installing Adaptec Storage Manager" on page
27 for more information.
Understanding Adaptec Storage Manager's Main Components
—Automates functions such as volume and snapshot creation.
—Enables third-party management tools to
Management Service
iSCSI Storage Host
iSCSI Storage Appliance
—Enables the creation of application-
Chapter 2 Planning Your IP SAN
—Supports
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