A P P E N D I X K

Configuring a Windows NT Server

This appendix provides platform-specific host installation and configuration information to use when you connect a Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array to a host running the Windows NT Server operating system.

The Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array supports Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 6A or greater, in either single-path or dual-path configurations. Dual-path configurations use the Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager 3.0 for Microsoft Windows NT.

If you are going to use dual-path instead of single-path configurations, see the Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager 3.0 Installation and User's Guide for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows NT for detailed instructions about setting up the device driver on the server and for additional information about configuring your Windows NT server.

Customers interested in Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager 3.0 for multiplatform support should contact Sun Sales or visit:

http://www.sun.com/sales

For more information on multiplatform support, see: http://www.sun.com/storage/san/multiplatform_support.html

The information in this appendix supplements the configuration steps presented in Chapter 5, and covers the following steps:

Setting Up the Serial Port Connection

Accessing the Firmware Application From a Windows NT Server

Enabling a Windows NT Server to Recognize New Devices and LUNs

Determining the World Wide Name for Windows NT Servers

K.1 Setting Up the Serial Port Connection

The RAID controller can be configured by means of a host system running a VT100 terminal emulation program or by a Microsoft Windows terminal emulation program such as Hyperterminal.

Note - You can also monitor and configure a RAID array over an IP network with the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service program after you assign an IP address to the array. For details, see Setting Up Out-of-Band Management Over Ethernet and refer to the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Configuration Service User's Guide.

1. Use a null modem serial cable to connect the COM port of the RAID array to an unused serial port on your host system.

Note - A DB-9-to-DB-25 serial cable adapter is included in your package contents to connect the serial cable to a DB-25 serial port on your host if you do not have a DB-9 serial port.

2. Power up the array.

3. On the server, choose Start right arrow Programs Accessories Hyperterminal HyperTerminal.

4. Type a name and choose an icon for the connection.

5. In the Connect To window, select the COM port from the "Connect using:" drop-down menu that is connected to the array.

Screen capture showing the Connect To window.

6. Click OK.

7. In the Properties window, set the serial port parameters using the drop-down menus.

See Configuring a COM Port to Connect to a RAID Array for the parameters to use.

Screen capture showing correct serial port parameters for connecting to the array.

8. Click OK.

9. To save the connection and its settings, choose File right arrow Save.

The connection file name is connection-name, where connection-name is the name you gave this HyperTerminal connection when you created it.

10. To make a connection shortcut on your desktop, choose Start right arrow Find For Files or Folders. Enter the connection-name and click the Search Now button. Highlight and right-click on the file name in the Search Results window, choose Create Shortcut, and click Yes.

You are now ready to configure your array.

K.2 Accessing the Firmware Application From a Windows NT Server

To access the array from a Windows NT server through a serial port, use the HyperTerminal connection you configured in Setting Up the Serial Port Connection or install a VT100 terminal emulation program and use the parameters described there.

To access the array through an Ethernet connection, follow the procedures in Setting an IP Address. To access the command prompt described there from a Windows NT server, choose Programs right arrow Command Prompt.

K.3 Enabling a Windows NT Server to Recognize New Devices and LUNs

Before beginning this procedure, make sure that your system has been upgraded with Service Pack 2 or higher.

Before beginning this procedure, make sure that you are using a supported FC HBA such as a QLogic QLA2310 or QLogic QLA2342. Refer to the release notes for your array for current information about which HBAs are supported.

Also make sure that you are using a supported driver for your HBA. For the QLA2310 or QLA2342, use driver version 8.1.5.12 or later.

Note - When the Microsoft Windows operating system recognizes the Sun StorEdge 3510 FC Array's SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) processor and identifies it as a SE3510 Scsi Enclosure, it might prompt you to supply a driver. This is standard plug-and-play behavior when unknown devices are encountered, but no device driver is necessary. If you see this prompt, simply press Cancel. If you have multiple arrays, you might see this prompt more than once. Each time you see this prompt, press Cancel.

1. Boot your system and verify that the HBA basic input/output system (BIOS) recognizes your new FC device.

Note - While your system is starting up, you should see your new Fibre Channel devices.

You are now ready to partition and format your new devices.

2. Open the Disk Administrator application.

a. Click Start.

b. Choose Administrative Tools from the Programs menu.

c. Choose Disk Administrator.

A "Disk Administrator is initializing" progress indicator is displayed.

A Disk Administrator window then displays the drives recognized by the system.

3. Select the disk whose free space you want to partition and format.

Screen capture showing the Disk Administrator window and disk information for each available disk.

a. Choose Create from the Partition menu.

A Create Primary Partition dialog box enables you to specify the size of the partition.

b. Specify a size or accept the default.

c. Click OK to create the partition.

The partition is now identified as Unformatted in the Disk Administrator window.

4. Select the Unformatted partition.

Screen capture showing the Disk Administrator window with the new Unformatted partition selected.

5. Choose Commit Changes Now from the Partition menu.

A confirmation dialog box is displayed.

6. Click Yes to save the changes you have made.

A dialog box confirms that disks were updated successfully.

7. Click OK.

The partition is now identified as Unknown in the Disk Administrator window.

8. Format the Unknown partition.

Screen capture showing the Disk Administrator window with the new formatted partition showing an Unknown file system.

a. Select the Unknown partition.

b. Choose Format from the Tools menu.

A Format dialog box is displayed.

c. Choose NTFS from the File System drop-down menu.

d. Make sure the Quick Format checkbox is selected.

e. When you have specified the settings you want, click Start.

A dialog box warns you that any existing data on the disk will be erased.

f. Click OK to format the disk.

The new partition is formatted and a dialog box confirms that the format is complete.

9. Click OK.

The formatted partition is identified as NTFS in the Disk Administrator dialog box.

Screen capture showing the Disk Administrator window with the new disk format information displayed.

10. Repeat these steps for any other new partitions and devices you want to format.

K.4 Determining the World Wide Name for Windows NT Servers

Before you can create host filters, you need to know the world wide name (WWN) for the FC HBA that connects your host to your FC array.

1. Boot a specific host system and note the BIOS version and HBA card models connected to your host.

2. Access the HBA card's BIOS with the appropriate command (Alt-Q or Control-A are commonly used).

If the host has multiple HBA cards, select the card that is connected to the storage.

3. Scan the card to look for devices attached to it (usually with the Scan Fibre Devices or the Fibre Disk Utility).

The node name (or similar label) is the world wide name. The following example shows the node name for a Qlogic card.

ID	Vendor	Product	Rev	Node Name	Port ID
0	Qlogic	QLA22xx Adapter	B	210000E08B02DE2F	0000EF

See Setting Up Host Filter Entries for more information about creating host filters.