HP 3PAR Windows 2012 and Windows Server 2008 Implementation Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................6

Supported Configurations..........................................................................................................6

HP X3000 and X3000 G2 Storage Systems.................................................................................7

HP 3PAR OS Upgrade Considerations.........................................................................................7

Peer Motion.............................................................................................................................9

Audience.................................................................................................................................9

2 Performing Preliminary HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and Host Configuration......11

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Host Persona and Ports (HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x or OS

2.3.x)....................................................................................................................................11

Configuring Ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for a Direct Connection.............................11

Configuring Ports on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for a Fabric Connection............................11

Creating the Host Definition................................................................................................12

Changing from Host Persona 2 to Host Persona 15.................................................................13

Changing from Host Persona 6 or Persona 1 to Host Persona 2 (Generic-ALUA)..........................14

Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Port Personas and Ports (HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x).................14

Configuring HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Ports for Direct Topology (HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x)................14

Configuring HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Ports for Fabric Topology (HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x)...............15

Creating the Host Definition (HP 3PAR OS 2.2.x)...................................................................16

Installing the HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software............................................................................16

Setting Up Multipathing...........................................................................................................16

Configuring Microsoft MPIO for HP 3PAR Storage..................................................................17

Configuring MPIO for Round Robin......................................................................................18

Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric.............................................................................................19

HP 3PAR Coexistence.........................................................................................................20

Configuration Guidelines for Fabric Vendors..........................................................................20

Target Port Limits and Specifications.....................................................................................21

HP 3PAR Priority Optimization.............................................................................................22

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports................................................................................................22

Fibre Channel...............................................................................................................23

3 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for FCoE....................................24

Setting Up the FCoE Switch, FCoE Initiator, and FCoE target ports.................................................24

Creating the Host Definition.....................................................................................................26

HP 3PAR OS Persistent Ports.....................................................................................................26

Fibre Channel over Ethernet................................................................................................26

4 Setting Up a Windows Server 2008 or 2012/HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage

Configuration for Fibre Channel....................................................................27

Checking the Host for Required Drivers......................................................................................27

Installing and Configuring an Emulex Fibre Channel HBA............................................................27

Configuring the Emulex Support Driver..................................................................................27

Checking Emulex HBA Parameters and Connection Status.......................................................27

Installing and Configuring a QLogic Fibre Channel HBA..............................................................27

Configuring the QLogic Support Driver.................................................................................28

Checking QLogic HBA Parameters and Connection Status.......................................................28

Installing and Configuring an Brocade Fibre Channel HBA...........................................................28

Configuring the Brocade Support Driver................................................................................28

Checking Brocade HBA Parameters and Connection Status.....................................................28

Installing Veritas DMP Multipathing on the Windows Server 2008 Host.........................................29

Disabling the Write Cache Option for HP 3PAR LUNs..................................................................30

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