Installation guide

Manually installing the adapter driver – Advanced users
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Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures
Migrating Windows 2003 drivers from SCSI to STOR
As of April 2006, STORPort has been fully adopted by third-party
software and tape vendors and EMC is proceeding towards sole
STORPort support under Windows 2003. Adding to the technical
benefits of STORPort, phasing-out SCSI miniport on Windows 2003
will provide better coordination of driver version support from
OEMs. STORPort will be the common driver platform for all server
and storage vendors to provide the customer with compatible
solutions.
In the April 2006 EMC Support Matrix (ESM), EMC will make SCSI
driver releases for Windows 2003 x86 from QLogic frozen as the last
supported Windows 2003 SCSI versions. Once this end-of-life (EOL)
is in effect, new installs will still be permitted with the SCSI drivers
for three months, but EMC encourages customers to use STORPort
instead. Three months after the EOSL (after the June ESM) EMC will
make these Windows 2003 SCSI versions EOL. Upon EOSL, starting
with the July ESM, the Windows 2003 SCSI versions will no longer be
listed and will not be supported for new installations. Existing
customers who have Windows 2003 SCSI already installed will be
supported, and any fix or MS HCL support will likely require an
upgrade to STORPort. Windows 2000 will continue to use SCSI
drivers as the only option.
What to expect when moving from SCSI miniport/Full Port drivers to
STORPort drivers
In STORPort drivers, functions or settings that users may have set
may no longer be available or may be accessed differently than in the
past. These are now controlled by the OS. EMC has always provided
standard settings which were accessible via driver configuration
utilities. For STORPort drivers, EMC will require that the default
settings for STORPort drivers be used unless otherwise instructed.
Configuration utilities for STORPort that run under Windows
(SANSurfer as well as the Qlogic Ease of Use installation kit), will
allow access to settings for the driver that may be changed via the
utility if necessary.
Manual driver installation procedure for Windows 2000, 2003, or Windows 2008
hosts
To install the driver into a Windows 2000, 2003, or Windows 2008
host, follow these steps: