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Introduction to Microsoft MPIO
9 Dell EMC SC Series: Microsoft Multipath I/O Best Practices | CML1004
• Install a supported MPIO card in the host server
• Verify that current firmware is applied to all hardware (servers, MPIO cards, switches)
• Verify current OS drivers for the MPIO card
• Configure the MPIO card (HBA) firmware settings
• Configure cabling and the storage area network
• Create server object on the SC Series array
• Present an SC Series volume as a LUN to the host server
• Apply the Microsoft DSM and configure MPIO settings on the host server
• Adjust Windows Server registry setting (as applicable)
• Apply hot-fixes to the server OS (as applicable)