Adaptec 5325302053 User Guide - Page 23
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Management Service iSCSI Storage Host iSCSI Storage Appliance You must install the Management Service on at least one system on the same subnet as your iSCSI Storage Appliance. See "Installing Adaptec Storage Manager" on page 27 for more information. Adaptec recommends that you install the Management Service on the same system as the GUI and Agent; however, it can be installed anywhere on your IP SAN, as long as it's on the same subnet as your iSCSI Storage Appliance. Note You can install and add multiple Management Services to Adaptec Storage Manager, if you want some of your iSCSI Storage Appliances to be configured and managed separately from others. An individual iSCSI Storage Appliance can be added to one Management Service only. Windows Support Windows Support is a bundle of software components that's offered as an installation option for systems running Windows 2003 only. (Component support varies by operating system. See page 211 for more information.) Windows support includes: • Multipath Input Output (MPIO) Device Specific Module (DSM) Driver-Supports multiple redundant physical paths between your iSCSI Storage Appliance and your iSCSI Storage Hosts, and supports mirror failover. Supported on systems running Windows 2003 R2 only. • Provisioning Agent-Automates functions such as volume and snapshot creation. Supported on systems running Windows 2003 only. • Virtual Disk Services (VDS) Provider-Enables third-party management tools to configure your iSCSI Storage Appliance. Supported on systems running Windows 2003. • Volume ShadowCopy Service (VSS) Provider-Enables the creation of applicationand file-consistent snapshots. Supported on systems running Windows 2003 only. Windows Support must be installed on any system that will be an iSCSI Storage Host. Windows Support can be installed on any system that requires support for third-party management tools. See "Installing Adaptec Storage Manager" on page 27 for more information.
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