SnapDrive for Windows supports a variety of configurations with differing requirements, so you should familiarize yourself with each and decide which configuration you plan to use before installing SnapDrive.
The following factors can help you decide which
SnapDrive configuration to deploy:
- LUN access protocol—iSCSI, FC, or both
- Host operating system
- Host operating system Service Pack level
- Host operating system hotfix level (various combinations of mandatory and optional hotfixes, which are determined by host operating system, Service Pack level, and special SnapDrive options)
- Special options (Windows clustering, storage system cluster failover, MPIO)
Consider the following recommendations:
- Follow Microsoft's best practices recommendations for Windows server cluster network configuration. To find the best practices guides for your servers, search for "Windows server technical library" in the Microsoft TechNet Library, and choose the library for your operating system.
To determine the feasibility of SnapDrive configurations not described in this documentation, contact technical support.
