Tuesday, March 8, 2005

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SnapDrive™ 3.1.1 for Windows Download Page

This page provides access to the software installation packages for SnapDrive 3.1.1. In order to provide you with several important bug fixes, NetApp recommends upgrading existing SnapDrive 3.1 installations to SnapDrive 3.1.1.

Caution: If you are running a release earlier than SnapDrive 2.0.1 or 2.1, or if you are running the Virtualized Local Disk (VLD) Manager application, you must first upgrade to 2.0.1 or 2.1, and then upgrade to 3.1.1. For upgrade information, read the documentation specific to the release you are upgrading to. You can access the documentation for SnapDrive 2.0.1 and 2.1 through their respective description pages from this NOW site.
Caution: If you are upgrading to Data ONTAP™ 6.5.1 software and using the SAN Host Attach Kit 1.2 for Fibre Channel Protocol on Windows®, read the Important Cautions and the section titled "Using SAN Host Attach Kit 1.2 for FCP on Windows with Data ONTAP 6.5" on the SAN Host 1.2 for Fibre Channel Protocol on Windows Description Page before installing SnapDrive 3.1.1. The SAN Host 1.2 for Fibre Channel Protocol on Windows Description Page is available at the NOW software download site. From this gateway, navigate to the SAN (FCP) Host Attach Kit for Windows description page.

Note: SnapDrive 3.1.1 supports the use of the Microsoft® iSCSI software initiator version 1.06. See the SnapManager and SnapDrive Compatibility Matrix for the most current information. To install the iSCSI software initiator, see the release notes for installation instructions.

Note: For the most current information about supported SnapManager® configurations, see the SnapManager and SnapDrive Compatibility Matrix.

Downloading the SnapDrive Software Image

Downloading and Installing SnapDrive

To download and install the SnapDrive software on the Windows 2000 or 2003 machine that will serve as the SnapDrive host, complete the following steps:

	If your host is running...	Then...
1	Windows 2003	You must install hotfixes 824354, 831112, 833167, 838894, and 840281. Before installing hotfix 840281, see Bug ID 131344 in the "Known Issues" section of the release notes. In addition, NetApp recommends installing the following additional hotfixes: Q815198 Q824354 Q833167 Q838637-2K3 Q840281 Q883646 Q886800 Q887532 Q891793
	Windows 2000	You must install hotfix 293778. Before installing hotfix 293778, see Bug ID 113541 in the "Known Issues" section of the release notes. In addition, NetApp recommends installing the following additional hotfixes: Q293778 Q325040 Q815198 Q815616 Q838637 Q885294
	Windows 2000 and you encounter the problem described in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 822831	You must install hotfix 822831.
2	Because SnapDrive 3.1 and later has a new license scheme, you must install at least one of the following licenses before you upgrade or install the SnapDrive 3.1 software: SnapDrive license for LUN Provisioning and snapshot management. After you click on the SnapDrive license link, navigate to the license by choosing the "Show me all" search method, selecting SDR-WIN, then clicking Go. MPIO license for MPIO path management. After you click on the MPIO license link, navigate to the license by choosing the "Show me all" search method, selecting SDR-MPIO, then clicking Go.
3	For all hosts on which you are installing SnapDrive, click this installation package (8.0 MB) link.
4	Specify the directory location to which you want to download the SnapDrive installation package.
5	After downloading is complete, go to the specified location and launch the SnapDrive installation wizard.
6	Install SnapDrive by following the steps in Chapter 3, "Installing or Upgrading SnapDrive," in the SnapDrive 3.1 Installation and Administration Guide.

Note: The Microsoft hotfixes, except for those indicated in the following note, must be requested directly from Microsoft Product Support Services at http://support.microsoft.com/.

Note: Specify the directory to which you want to download Microsoft post-SP4 hotfix 824354 and/or Microsoft post-SP4 hotfix 822831.

Part Number: 215-01318-A0