8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 Installation and Reference Guide (AA-RW7SJ-TE, March 2008)

About this guid e

This guide provides information about HP MPIO Full Featured Device Speci ﬁcModule(DSM)for

EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays (called the “HP MPIO EVA DSM” throughout this guide),

including:

• Installing, upgrading, and removing HP MPIO EVA DSM

• Support for load balancing in Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)/Failover Cluster environments

• Managing HP MPIO EVA DSM

Intended audience

This document is intended for users of HP MPIO EVA DSM and users who are experienced with the

following:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86, IA64 and x64)

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – Server Core (x86, IA64 and x64)

• Microsoft W

indows 2008 Ser ver core (x86 and x64)

• EVA4000/4100/4400, EVA6000/6100, and EVA8000/8100 disk arrays

• Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)/Failover Cluster environments

R elated documentation

In addition to this guide, see HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk

Arrays release notes.

Additional documentation, including whitepapers a nd best-practices documents, is available at

ttp://www.hp.com

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/ 8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.0 0.00