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HP MSA VDS hardware provider The HP MSA VDS hardware provider consists of special HP DLLs and executables that install on the Windows server. These components extend the capability of Windows and Windows applications to communicate with and manage the disk array. The advantage of VDS and the HP MSA VDS hardware provider is that they enable you to manage multiple array models from a single interface. Using Windows applications you can manage array ports, discover and manage LUNs, format, partition, and mount volumes, and create and manage file systems and files. HP disk array Specific HP VDS hardware providers work with specific HP disk arrays. Different supporting technologies and features within the arrays cause some differences in their capabilities. The hardware provider for the MSA disk arrays has been designed specially for those arrays, including Active-Passive and Active-Active installations. HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array FC VDS Hardware Provider for Windows 2003 administration guide 15

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HP MSA VDS hardware provider
The HP MSA VDS hardware provider consists of special HP DLLs and executables that install on the
Windows server. These components extend the capability of Windows and Windows applications to
communicate with and manage the disk array. The advantage of VDS and the HP MSA VDS hardware
provider is that they enable you to manage multiple array models from a single interface. Using Windows
applications you can manage array ports, discover and manage LUNs, format, partition, and mount
volumes, and create and manage
fi
le systems and
fi
les.
HP disk array
Speci
fi
c HP VDS hardware providers work with speci
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c HP disk arrays. Different supporting technologies
and features within the arrays cause some differences in their capabilities. The hardware provider
for the MSA disk arrays has been designed specially for those arrays, including Active-Passive and
Active-Active installations.
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