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EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic Host Bus Adapters in the Windows Environment

Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures

Windows 2003 STORPort updates

Currently the shipping version of Windows 2003 requires post-RTM

hot fixes to resolve some known issues. For all Windows 2003

STORPort installations, you should obtain the current Microsoft QFE

hotfix listed in the EMC Support Matrix with the HBA driver

revisions.

Install this patch before installing the HBA driver. Windows 2003

Service Pack 1 or later (x86 and IA64) and Windows 2003 x64 contain

the latest STORPort hot fix and does not require a post-RTM QFE.

IMPORTANT

EMC recommends that users planning to upgrade to Service Pack 1

or later for Windows 2003 should upgrade their HBA drivers to the

latest supported version prior to installing the service pack.

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.

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