Configuring the Windows Server operating system

You must configure hosts that are running a Microsoft Windows Server operating system before you can use the hosts with the SAN Volume Controller system.

Before you begin

Before you configure the Windows host operating system, you must ensure that the following tasks were completed:
  • Your IBM® service representative installed the system.
  • You installed the appropriate host bus adapter and driver on the host.

About this task

After the prerequisite tasks are complete, use the following general steps to configure your Windows host operating system:

Procedure

  1. Zone the host to the system on the Fibre Channel SAN.
  2. Install the appropriate multipathing driver for your host to enable the management of multiple paths to SAN Volume Controller volumes.
  3. Create the host on the system by using the worldwide port names (WWPNs). Map the volumes to the host.
  4. Create volumes/disks on your host by using instructions in your host publications.
Parent topic: Hosts that run the Microsoft Windows Server operating system