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Configuring Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters

The manufacturer configures the internal settings for each optical Fibre Channel PCI

adapter before the adapters arrive at your site. The U525 PCI adapters are configured

to attach to a SAN or switch. The U526 PCI adapters are configured to attach directly

to a storage system.

For information about configuring the EMC storage systems, see the EMC

documentation supplied with the storage system.

Before installing the optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters, you must download the

required driver and software updates from the Web as described in

Requirements of Optical Fibre Channel PCI Adapters" on page

To install the adapters

1. Install any applicable Microsoft hotfix software updates required by the storage

system.

2. Shut down the system.

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If you are installing optical Fibre Channel PCI adapters in

a production system, you must schedule downtime for the

following procedure. Though it is possible to remove the

I/O enclosures from certain systems and physically install

the adapters without shutting down the entire system, you

must still reboot the system when you install the EMC

PowerPath Software and any applicable software

updates.

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