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NPIV Deployment
Requirements
The following sections list the hardware and software requirements that must be
met before deploying a QLogic NPIV solution on Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V.
Hardware Requirements
NPIV Enabled FC Adapter.
QLogic 2400 series (4Gb) or 2500 series (8Gb)
Fibre Channel adapter.
NPIV Enabled FC Switch.
Use one of the following:
QLogic SANbox
®
5600 (4Gb) stackable Fibre Channel switch
QLogic SANbox 5800 (8Gb) stackable Fibre Channel switch
QLogic SANbox 9000 modular Fibre Channel switch
Any NPIV-enabled Fibre Channel switch
Server Hardware.
Microsoft recommended server configuration for
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and System Center VMM2008.
Software Requirements
QLogic FC Adapter Driver.
STORport miniport version 9.1.7.16 or higher
QLogic FC Switch Firmware.
Version 6.8.0.03 or higher
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
All required components
Microsoft System Center VMM2008.
All required components
NOTE:
Hyper-V requires processor virtualization extensions (Intel
®
-VT and
AMD
®
-V). These extensions must be enabled, along with the No-Execute
(NX)/Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature.
See
Appendix C
to determine of your system meets these requirements.