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Deployment Guide: Network Convergence with Emulex® OneConnect™
Converged Networking with FCoE in a Windows Environment
The following sections provide details on how to configure an Emulex OneConnect
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
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.
There are three software components for installation of OneConnect CNAs in a Windows environment:
Storport Miniport driver | The Emulex Storport Miniport device |
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www.emulex.com | adapter and a version of the driver is |
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| Storport Miniport device driver should |
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OneCommand™ Manager | The Emulex OneCommand Manager |
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www.emulex.com | HBAnyware®) provides comprehensive |
| management of Emulex adapters on |
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AutoPilot Installer® | The Emulex AutoPilot utility is used to |
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OneCommand Manager | OneCommand Manager application and |
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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.
