topic Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000? in HPE EVA Storage

No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Jeremy C — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:38:32 GMT

Currently have EVA5000 active/passive and soon to upgrade to VCS4.x active/active. I've been advised by HP to update all HBA drivers and to use storport drivers. We have a Windows 2000 server with a Qlogic QLA2340 HBA. Qlogic only has SCSI and IP NDIS drivers for W2k. Should the SCSI driver work with VCS4.x? I'll also be installing MPIO Basic.

Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Víctor Cespón — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:07:03 GMT

The storport stack was introduced by Microsoft on Windows 2003, so it does not exist on Windows 2000.

For an EVA5000 with firmware 4100 and a QLA2340 (FCA2214) it's recommended:

BIOS: 1.45
Driver: SCSI Miniport 9.1.3.11 / 9.1.0.13

Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Jeremy C — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:21:32 GMT

Do you have a link to where you found the recommendation? I also need to know if those versions will support EVA8100.

Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Víctor Cespón — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:31:00 GMT

Hi, all the compatibility information can be found now here:

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

And yes, the same HBA with the same drivers is recommended for a EVA8100, but only with XCS 6.110, which will be out of support on August 31th.

So you're on a dilemma here... those Windows 2000 severs are too old for a recent EVAx100 or EVAx400.

Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Jeremy C — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:01:19 GMT

I supposed I should've mentioned that it's W2k Server (not Advanced) and that it's two servers in a cluster.
Spock says for EVA 5000 VCS 4.x, "Servers running Windows 2000 Server doesn't support MCSC."

That sounds like a problem.

Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Jeremy C — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:14:19 GMT

Nevermind, they're "Advanced". Wish I could edit a post here.

Re: No storport driver for Qlogic HBA on Windows 2000?

Uwe Zessin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:11:52 GMT

> those Windows 2000 severs are too old

Microsoft stopped W2000 support last year, so no new qualifications are done by HP.