You must configure hosts that are running the Windows® 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 operating system before
you can use the hosts with the SAN Volume Controller.
Before you configure the Windows host
operating system, you must ensure that the following tasks have been
completed:
- Your IBM® service
representative has
installed the SAN Volume Controller.
- You have installed the appropriate host bus adapter and driver
on the host.
After the prerequisite tasks are complete, use the following
general steps to configure your Windows host
operating system:
- Zone the host system to the SAN Volume Controller on
the Fibre Channel SAN.
- Install the appropriate multipathing driver for your host
system to enable the management of multiple paths to SAN Volume Controller virtual
disks (VDisks).
- Create the host system on the SAN Volume Controller,
using the worldwide port names (WWPNs). Map the VDisks to the host
as required.
- Create volumes/disks on your host using instructions in
your host system publications.