HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.6 for Windows NT and Windows 2000 Installation and Configuration Guide

3–10 HSG80 ACS Solution Software Version 8.6 for Windows NT and Windows 2000 Installation and
Configuration Guide
1. Automatically installs the Hsz/HsxDisk SCSI Driver.
2. Automatically sets registry for proper operational use of the KGPSA Fibre Channel
host adapter with the Enterprise Storage RAID Array Fibre Channel system.
3. Enables ”Extended Configuration” settings to be specified in a Fibre Channel Switch
(FC-SW) topology and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) topology.
4. Enables Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (ALPA) settings to be specified for the
KGPSA adapter in a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) topology.
5. Copies the appropriate driver to the %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder.
6. Checks for SCSI related error log events since the last system boot.
7. Reports SCSI driver revision information.
Hsz/HsxDisk Driver
NOTE: HsxDisk refers to the Windows 2000 device driver. HszDisk refers to the Windows NT
device driver.
The Hsz/HsxDisk driver works with the Compaq Hsz/HSG-family of RAID controllers to
enhance the Windows 2000/Windows NT online storage availability and fault-tolerance.
Hsz/HsxDisk works in single-host and cluster environments to maintain optimum
subsystem performance during storageset error recovery conditions (For example: the
failure of a RAID 3/5 or mirrorset drive member).
Hsz/HsxDisk also works in single-host and cluster environments to assist the subsystem
during controller failover and failback operations. In Windows NT/Windows 2000 cluster
environments, Hsz/HsxDisk works to facilitate Hsz- /HSG-based storageset migration
during host failover and failback events.
Hsz/HsxDisk will only service Hsz and HSG based storage devices and will not affect the
operation or performance of other storage devices on the system. The driver makes use of
the Windows NT/Windows 2000 system event log and will post error and informational
events when required. If the driver loads successfully during boot time, it will post an
informational message in the log reporting that it claimed available Hsz- and HSG-based
storagesets.
Fibre Channel Software Setup utility supports driver un-installation with Windows NT 4.0
or Windows 2000. Hsz/HsxDisk may be uninstalled using the Add/Remove program
applet from the control panel. However, you should not uninstall the driver unless you
have disconnected the subsystem from the server(s). HSG-family RAID controllers should
never be installed without Hsz/HsxDisk.sys configured.