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EMC Host Connecivity with Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs and CNAs in the Windows Environment
Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures
Using the Emulex configuration tool
The Emulex configuration tool allows you to enable adapter settings
to connect to a Symmetrix, VNX series, or CLARiiON storage system.
For Windows 2003, EMC supports both the STORPort driver class
and the SCSIPort driver class. This section contains information for
the SCSIPort Configuration Tool (ELXCFG.EXE) for Windows 2000
and Windows 2003.
The Emulex STORPort configuration tool
(lpUtilNT.EXE/lpUtil64.EXE) for Windows 2003 is described under
“lpUtilNT.EXE and lpUtil64.EXE versions” on page 210.
For driver versions 2.11a2 and earlier, edit the Windows 2000 registry
as described under “Editing the Windows time-out value” on
page 192 before performing the procedures described in this section.
After the Emulex driver is installed, a new Programs Menu shortcut
appears for the Emulex Configuration Tool (elxcfg.exe), which is a
small graphical user interface (GUI) that allows the user to make
setup changes to installed Emulex adapters.
Currently, multiple versions of the Emulex Configuration Tool are
available, providing different choices to auto-configure the driver
with EMC-approved settings. Each version configures optimal
settings for all EMC-supported PowerPath and ATF/CDE
configurations. Configurations without PowerPath or ATF/CDE
should use only the latest configuration tool. The EMC
auto-configure options and the settings of each configuration tool are
described under “ELXCFG.EXE”: “Versions” on page 195.
EMC recommends using the latest configuration tool, which offers
seamless connectivity to both Symmetrix, VNX series, and
CLARiiON storage systems.
IMPORTANT
Failure to apply the correct EMC settings described in this section
can result in unexpected device behavior, and can inhibit failover
software from working correctly.
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