HP Emulex Adapters Release Notes

Channel target (such as adding a new storage array) to a SAN, is also not supported. The ability
to present the new target to a Fibre Channel HBA, and then prompt the operating system to do an
online scan (such as using the hp_rescan utility that comes with fibreutils) is not supported
with the Emulex failover driver (MultiPulse). If adding a new Fibre Channel target to a host server,
rebooting that server is necessary.
CNA/HBA with Windows notes
This section describes information about using Windows and CNAs/HBAs.
Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel in Windows 2012 Hyper-V
When configuring Virtual Fibre Channel in Microsoft Windows 2012 Hyper-V, all ports on the
Converged Network Adapter must have NPIV enabled.
64 Bit DMA addressing
The FC/FCoE drivers provide FULL64 DMA support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.
For more information, see Microsoft KB2468345.
Gen8 server operating system crash
If the Windows operating system crashes on a Gen8 server, a memory.dmp file might not get
written to disk due to a Windows driver issue.
FCoE BFS build requirement
Before building a Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 operating system in a boot from SAN environment,
install one of the following drivers:
• For 64 bit systems, install 233008_BFS_x64_FCoE, available at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&
cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4145106&prodNameId=4145269&
swEnvOID=1113&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-88815-1
• For 32 bit systems, install 233008_BFS_x32_FCoE, available at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&
cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=4145106&prodNameId=4145269&
swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-88814-1
After the operating system is built, install the Microsoft STORport storage driver available at http://
support.microsoft.com/?id=932755, and then update to the latest driver supported by HP.
Required hotfix for Windows Server 2008 using DSM
Systems running Microsoft Windows Server 2008/Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack
2 require KB hotfix 976748 to be installed before installing Microsoft Device Specific Module (MS
DSM) as a multipath solution. For more information, see the Microsoft Support website:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=976748
HP EVA MPIO BFS with Windows 2003
HP EVA MPIO DSM 4.00.00 prevents BFS on systems running Microsoft Windows 2003 if there
are three or more paths enabled.
Windows driver fails to log back in
Windows driver fails to log back into the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch after switch reboot.
Important notes and workarounds 13