HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider for Windows 2003 Administration Guide (T1634-96074, February 2007)

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hardware provider
The HP MSA VDS hardware p rovider is software that installs on a Windows 2003 server connected to
an HP MSA disk arr a y. The hardware provider works with the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service (VDS) to
expand the cap ability of the Windows operating system and Windows applications to manage the HP
disk array LUNs and ports. Figure 1 and the rest of this chapter explain how the hardware provider and
other comp onents interact to enable the Windows ser ver to manage disk array functions.
Figure 1 HP MSA VDS h a rdware provider solution b lock diag ram
Microsoft Windows 2003 operating system
The HP hardware provider and Microsoft’s VDS service work under the control of the Windows Server
2003 operating system. The Windows OS operates the ser vers to which the disk array is a t tached and
supports the applications, services, and providers that store and retrieve data on the array and manage
array disks and volumes.
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