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Deployment Guide: Network Convergence with Emulex
®
OneConnect
™
OCe10102-F FCoE CNA and Windows Server Platform
There are three software components for installation of
OneConnect CNAs in a Windows environment:
Converged Networking with FCoE in a Windows Environment
The following sections provide details on how to configure
an Emulex OneConnect OCe10102-F FCoE CNA and deploy
converged networking with FCoE in a Windows Server
environment.
CNA Installation
CNAs provide the same functionality as installing separate NICs
and Fibre Channel HBAs.
Figure 6 Each CNA port is represented as
an HBA and a NIC to Windows Server
OneCommand Manager
OneCommand Manager is the successor to the Emulex field-
proven HBAnyware management application, and provides
centralized management of Emulex fabric (Fibre Channel HBA)
and network (iSCSI, FCoE CNA, NIC) adapters in physical and
virtual server deployments. It provides powerful provisioning and
diagnostic capabilities through a graphical user interface (GUI) as
well as a fully scriptable command line user interface (CLI), helping
increase administration efficiency and business agility.
AutoPilot Installer
AutoPilot Installer supports a wide variety of installation options
from a basic installation on the local server to customizable,
automated installations on both local and remote servers. The
Storport Miniport User Manual provides details on all of the
options. All that is required for a basic installation on the local
server is to download and run the distribution kit. The AutoPilot
installation automatically installs or updates the driver for all of
the adapters on the server and also installs all of the components
needed for OneCommand Manager. There is minimal user input
and a reboot of Windows is usually not required.
CNAs present both NIC and iSCSI or Fibre Channel functionality to
the operating system (OS) (see Figure 6). This level of transparency
ensures that the CNA configuration and management practices
are performed in the same manner as would be done with
separate NIC and HBA devices.
Once the Fibre Channel CNA has been installed in the host,
Windows Device Manager can be launched from Server Manager
to verify that the CNA is recognized by the host. The adapter is
visible in Windows Device Manager in the storage adapter view as
well as the network adapter view. When deploying multiple CNAs
for failover and load balancing, both Fibre Channel multipathing
and NIC teaming can be configured.
Storport Miniport driver
Download update from
www.emulex.com
The Emulex Storport Miniport device
driver enables communication with the
adapter and a version of the driver is
included “in-box” in Windows Server
2003, 2008 and 2008 R2. The inbox
Storport Miniport device driver should
be updated with the version that is
downloaded from the Emulex web site.
OneCommand
™
Manager
Download from
www.emulex.com
The Emulex OneCommand Manager
application (previously called
HBAnyware
®
) provides comprehensive
management of Emulex adapters on
both local and remote servers.
AutoPilot Installer
®
Included with the
OneCommand Manager
download
The Emulex AutoPilot utility is used to
install the Storport Miniport driver, the
OneCommand Manager application and
other necessary software.