Qlogic QLE2560 Supplementary Manual

Windows Support
®
for FC HBAs
Drivers and Utilities for FC SAN
Connectivity
Quick Facts
• One STOR Miniport and one SCSI Miniport FC driver
for all supported Windows platforms (SCSI Miniport
not supported on Windows Server
• All drivers are WHQL certified by Microsoft
• Unified driver model — driver and firmware
bundled into a single package
• Two available installation processes
– Driver install after HBA installation
– Driver install before HBA installation
• Topology support includes Point-To-Point F_port,
FL_port, N_port, and Arbitrated Loop
• Protocol support includes SCSI-FC, FC-IP (SCSI
Miniport only; not supported on Windows Server
2008 or 8Gb HBA), and FC-Tape
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support
• Single driver support for 2/4/8Gb HBAs
• MSI-X enabled for 4/8Gb HBAs on Windows Server 2008
• Supports Reduced Interrupt Operations (RIO) mode
High Availability
• Supports third-party HBA failover in Windows
Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems
• Support for Windows MPIO and storage Device
Specific Module (DSM)
Manageability
• Tools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs:
– SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI
®
– SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface
(CLI) support for both interactive and scriptable
modes of operation
– SANsurfer Driver Install Wizard
• Wizards for configuring persistent binding, LUN masking,
updating the HBA parameters during installation, and
performing diagnostics for troubleshooting
FC HBAs
Supported
Server Hardware
Platforms
2008)
®
Supported
Operating
Systems
Virtualization
Support
Management
Tools/API
Inbox Driver
Distribution
Standard Driver
Distribution
Diagnostics
Boot Support
PCI Form
Factors
Server and
Storage
Interoperability
1. For latest list of supported operating systems, visit:
http://support.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.aspx
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
• 8Gb: QLE25 xx
• 4Gb: QLA24 xx , QLE24 xx , QMC24 xx , QME24 xx ,
QMH24 xx , QMI24 xx , QMI34 xx, QEM2462, QEM3472
(FC + Ethernet)
• 2Gb: QLA23 xx , QMx23 xx
• x86, x64, IA64
STOR Miniport driver:
•
Windows Server 2008 Core, Windows Vista™,
Windows XP Professional (64 bit), Windows Server 2003
1
SCSI Miniport driver (2Gb and 4Gb only):
•
Windows XP Pro (32 bit), Windows Server 2003,
Windows 2000
• Supports Windows Virtual Server 2005, Windows
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007.
Hyper-V ready .
• SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI) and CLI
• WMI, SNIA HBA API, SMI-S API, FDMI
STOR Miniport
•
2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional,
Windows Server 2003
SCSI Miniport drivers
•
• STOR and SCSI Miniport drivers through QLogic
web site
• Loopback tests
• Read/Write buffer tests
• Link statistics
• BIOS, EFI, and UEFI
• Boot from SAN
• Standard, Mezzanine, and ExpressModule form
factors for PCIe and PCI-X bus interfaces
• Interoperable with servers, storage, and networking
products from ADIC
Associates, Dell , EMC, HDS, HP, IBM
®
NetApp ® , Quantum™, Sun
F a c t S H E E t
Windows Server 2008,
drivers for Windows Server
for Windows Server 2003 (2Gb)
, Brocade , Cisco, Computer
® ®
, LSI Logic,
®
™ , Symantec™ (Veritas), etc.