HP StorageWorks HSG80 Enterprise Modular Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) Release Notes (AA-RV1YA-TE, March 2005)

Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) Notes
49HSG80 Enterprise Modular Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel Solution Software V8.8 for
Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) Release Notes
Upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 or Windows Server
2003 (32-bit)
If you are upgrading from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 or Windows Server
2003 (32-bit), you must remove the software components installed by the previous
version of the Fibre Channel Setup utility. Follow these steps:
1. Remove the software components installed from the previous Fibre Channel
Setup utility. To do this, locate the previous CD-ROM and run the utility.
Follow the procedures in it to remove components. Alternately, you can use
the Add/Remove Programs applet.
2. Upgrade from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003
(32-bit) as instructed by Microsoft's documentation.
3. Reboot.
4. Install the HBA driver upgrade as instructed in the HP StorageWorks HSG80
ACS Solution Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
5. Run the Fibre Channel Setup utility to complete your installation.
Registry Growth in Windows
The Windows plug-and-play architecture has a limitation on the number of
plug-and-play device entries that can be added to the registry. Whenever devices
are added or removed, or Snapshot is created or deleted, entries are added to the
registry by the Plug-and-Play manager, potentially causing the registry to grow
beyond the allowed capacity.
If more than 700 entries are in the registry, the next time the system reboots for
any reason, the following error message occurs before the operating system boots
up:
“Failed to load Windows 2000 due to a file missing or corrupt in
the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM directory.”
Refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (Q269075), which provides more
information about the registry growth problem.
Large LUNs for Windows NT and Windows 2000
Enabling Large LUNs allows a Windows NT or Windows 2000 server to have
access to LUNs beyond the 0-7 range, and to access more than 8 LUNs per target.
The host can access unit D10 by leaving the connection offset at 0.