F a c t S H E E t
Windows
®
Support
for FC HBAs
Drivers and Utilities for FC SAN
Connectivity
Quick Facts
One STOR Miniport and one SCSI Miniport FC driver
•
for all supported Windows platforms (SCSI Miniport
not supported on Windows Server
®
2008)
All drivers are WHQL certified by Microsoft
•
Unified driver model — driver and firmware
•
bundled into a single package
Two available installation processes
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Driver install after HBA installation
–
Driver install before HBA installation
–
Topology support includes Point-To-Point F_port,
•
FL_port, N_port, and Arbitrated Loop
Protocol support includes SCSI-FC, FC-IP (SCSI
•
Miniport only; not supported on Windows Server
2008 or 8Gb HBA), and FC-Tape
N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) support
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Single driver support for 2/4/8Gb HBAs
•
MSI-X enabled for 4/8Gb HBAs on Windows Server 2008
•
Supports Reduced Interrupt Operations (RIO) mode
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High Availability
Supports third-party HBA failover in Windows
•
Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems
Support for Windows MPIO and storage Device
•
Specific Module (DSM)
Manageability
Tools to configure and manage QLogic FC HBAs:
•
SANsurfer
–
®
FC HBA Manager GUI
SANsurfer FC HBA Command Line Interface
–
(CLI) support for both interactive and scriptable
modes of operation
SANsurfer Driver Install Wizard
–
Wizards for configuring persistent binding, LUN masking,
•
updating the HBA parameters during installation, and
performing diagnostics for troubleshooting
Hardware and Software Support Specifications
FC HBAs
8Gb: QLE25
•
xx
4Gb: QLA24
•
xx, QLE24xx, QMC24xx, QME24xx,
QMH24
xx, QMI24xx, QMI34xx, QEM2462, QEM3472
(FC + Ethernet)
2Gb: QLA23
•
xx, QMx23xx
Supported
Server Hardware
Platforms
x86, x64, IA64
•
Supported
Operating
Systems
1
STOR Miniport driver:
•
Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2008 Core, Windows Vista™,
Windows XP Professional (64 bit), Windows Server 2003
SCSI Miniport driver (2Gb and 4Gb only):
•
Windows XP Pro (32 bit), Windows Server 2003,
Windows 2000
Virtualization
Support
Supports Windows Virtual Server 2005, Windows
•
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007.
Hyper-V ready
.
Management
Tools/API
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (GUI) and CLI
•
WMI, SNIA HBA API, SMI-S API, FDMI
•
Inbox Driver
Distribution
STOR Miniport
•
drivers for Windows Server
2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional,
Windows Server 2003
SCSI Miniport drivers
•
for Windows Server 2003 (2Gb)
Standard Driver
Distribution
STOR and SCSI Miniport drivers through QLogic
•
web site
Diagnostics
Loopback tests
•
Read/Write buffer tests
•
Link statistics
•
Boot Support
BIOS, EFI, and UEFI
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Boot from SAN
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PCI Form
Factors
Standard, Mezzanine, and ExpressModule form
•
factors for PCIe and PCI-X bus interfaces
Server and
Storage
Interoperability
Interoperable with servers, storage, and networking
•
products from ADIC
®
, Brocade
®
, Cisco, Computer
Associates, Dell
®
, EMC, HDS, HP, IBM
®
, LSI Logic,
NetApp
®
, Quantum™, Sun
™
, Symantec™ (Veritas), etc.
1. For latest list of supported operating systems, visit:
http://support.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.aspx
