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Quick Start Guide
Overview
This guide describes the steps that a data center system administrator should follow to deploy the QLogic Fibre Channel
(FC) adapter N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) solution in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V environments in
conjunction with Microsoft System Center (SC) Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008. The combined QLogic and
Microsoft solution enables storage administrators to create virtual adapter ports within multiple FC switch zones to
enable seamless configuration and free migration of virtual machines.
Setting up NPIV and configuring Hyper-V and VMM2008 for VM migration can be done in six simple steps.
Step 1. NPIV Deployment Requirements and Sample Topology
Hardware Requirements
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NPIV Enabled FC Adapter.
QLogic 2400 series (4Gb) or 2500 series (8Gb) FC adapter
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NPIV Enabled FC Switch.
QLogic SANbox
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5600/5800/9000 FC switch or similar
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Server Hardware.
Microsoft recommended server configuration for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
and VMM2008
Software Requirements
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QLogic FC Adapter Driver.
Version 9.1.7.18 or higher
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QLogic FC Switch Firmware.
Version 6.8.0.03 or higher
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QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager GUI and Agent.
Version 5.0.1 build 37 or higher
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
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Microsoft VMM2008
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Multipathing I/O (MPIO) software.
Available from your storage array vendor
Sample Topology
A real-life data center is a more complex version of the following figure.
