Attachment requirements for hosts that run the Windows Server operating system
When you attach the system to a host that is running a Windows Server operating system, certain requirements must be followed.
The following list provides the requirements for attaching
the system to your host:
- Check the LUN limitations for your host system. Ensure that there are enough Fibre Channel adapters installed in the server to handle the total LUNs that you want to attach.
- Ensure that you have the documentation for your Windows operating system and that you have access to the Installing section in this product information.
- Ensure that you have installed the supported
hardware and machine code on
your host, including the following items:
- Operating system service packs and patches
- Host bus adapters (HBAs)
- HBA device drivers
- Multipathing drivers
- Clustered-system machine code