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Introduction
Abstract
This guide describes
procedures
and
best practices
for planning and deploying an
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) solution with QLogic Fibre Channel (FC) adapters
in a Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2008 Hyper-V™ and System Center Virtual
Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 environment.
Overview
This guide describes how and why data center system administrators should
deploy the QLogic Fibre Channel adapter NPIV solution in Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Hyper-V environments in conjunction with Microsoft System Center
VMM2008.
This step-by-step guide discusses how QLogic FC adapters provide the most
efficient NPIV solution. It also describes the QLogic and Microsoft management
tools that will enable the deployment of NPIV.
This guide is your one-stop source for answering all of your questions about
deploying a QLogic FC Adapter NPIV solution with Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center VMM2008.
Audience
This guide is tailored for data center system administrators and IT managers
working in a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and System Center
VMM2008-based Storage Area Network (SAN) with QLogic FC adapters. This
guide assumes that you have basic working knowledge of Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Hyper-V and System Center VMM2008 and no prior experience with
the QLogic FC adapter NPIV solution.
