Installing The Hp Mpio Full Featured Dsm For Eva4X00/6X00/8X00 Family Of Disk Arrays 1 - HP MPIO Installation And Reference Manual

1 Installing the HP MPIO
Full Featured DSM for
EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family
of Disk Arrays
HP MPIO Full Featured Device Specific Module (DSM) for EVA Disk Arrays (HP MPIO EVA DSM) provides
multipathing support for HP StorageWorks EVA disk arrays on Windows platforms using the Microsoft
Multipath Input-Output (MPIO) framework. This chapter describes the following:
• Preparing for installation
• Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM
• Upgrading HP MPIO EVA DSM
• Migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 with HP MPIO EVA DSM
• Removing HP MPIO EVA DSM
• Using silent installation
• Setting up boot from SAN
Preparing for installation
Before installing HP MPIO EVA DSM, verify that your system components support the HP MPIO EVA DSM
and determine whether you need to upgrade hardware or software before installation.
To prepare your system for the installation of HP MPIO EVA DSM:
1.
Complete the pre-installation checklist
2.
Install all hardware components, as described in the hardware installation and configuration
documentation.
3.
Install any required operating system service packs.
4. Back up all user data.
5.
Log in with administrator privileges.
6.
Ensure that no other installation program is in progress (for example, the Found New Hardware
wizard).
7. If your system is running Microsoft Terminal Server, change the Terminal Server from Execution
mode to Installation mode.
Table 2 lists the information you need before installing the HP MPIO EVA DSM.
HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00
(Table 2).
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