HP 3PAR Windows 2012 and Windows Server 2008 Implementation Guide

1 Introduction
This implementation guide provides the information needed to configure the HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012 or Microsoft® Windows® 2008. Unless otherwise
noted, information in this guide applies to servers running the following operating systems:
• Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2), on both x86
(32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) architectures
• Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 on x64 (64-bit) architecture only
This guide also applies to the HP X3000 G2 Storage System.
NOTE: This guide covers HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage systems running HP 3PAR Operating System
(HP 3PAR OS) 3.1.x, OS 2.3.x, and OS 2.2.x. Information covers all of these HP 3PAR OS versions
unless otherwise specified.
Although this implementation guide covers HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x, 2.3.x, and 2.2.x, Windows Server
2012 and 2012 R2 are supported only with HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x.
For information about the supported HP 3PAR OS version required to support Windows Server
2012 and 2012 R2, see the HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK) website:
HP SPOCK
Supported Configurations
The following types of host connections are supported between the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
and hosts running a Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008 OS:
• Fibre Channel (FC)
• Software iSCSI initiator
• Hardware iSCSI initiator (Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 and 2012
R2 only)
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) initiator ports to Fibre Channel HP 3PAR OS target ports
(Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012)
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) initiator ports to FCoE HP 3PAR OS target ports (Introduced
with 3PAR OS 313, FCoE HP 3PAR OS targets are supported only with Windows Server
2012 and 2012 R2)
• Microsoft Hyper-V
Fibre Channel connections are supported between the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage and the Windows
Server 2012/2008 host in both a fabric-attached and direct-connect topology.
A configuration with a Windows Server 2012/2008 host requires the following software on the
host, depending on the host configuration and unless otherwise specified:
• Multipathing: native Microsoft MPIO
• iSCSI only:
Microsoft iSCSI initiator◦
◦ Booting from the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage: the Double-Take Flex software iSCSI storage
(supported only on Windows Server 2008)).
For information about supported hardware and software platforms, see the HP Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge (HP SPOCK) website:
HP SPOCK
6 Introduction