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Emulex HBAnyware Software Evaluation

January 2007

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1 – Installation of HBA Drivers and Management Software

Emulex and QLogic have apparently taken two somewhat different philosophies for the installation

of HBA drivers and HBA management software. Emulex provides a single package, AutoPilot

Installer

, that installs the HBA drivers and the HBA management software, known as

HBAnyware. QLogic supplies the HBA drivers separately from their HBA management software,

known as SANsurfer FC HBA Manager, and they are installed as two separate procedures.

In the test cases performed in our labs, the installation of the Emulex and QLogic HBA drivers and

HBA management software was accomplished in under two minutes and no reboots were required,

however the QLogic HBA management software installation required noticeably more interaction

with the administrator. In a large environment with many servers and HBAs, administrators may

become frustrated at the number of clicks required to install the software with the QLogic

approach.

Emulex HBAnyware and QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager can be installed on hosts without

HBAs. This allows the management software to be installed before installing HBAs or allows for

remote management of the HBAs from a system that will not have HBAs installed in it. In

addition, Emulex allows the HBA drivers to also be pre-loaded. The Emulex technique of

preloading of the entire HBA software stack allows system images to be taken in preparation for

batch deployment to large numbers of servers.

Emulex HBAnyware arrives prepackaged and is transparently deployed with the driver, in the span

of a few mouse clicks. In contrast, the installation of QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager required

ten steps. This installation process included two separate information and summary screens

requiring a “next” click, and other options on separate screens that could have been condensed

into fewer screens.

Emulex AutoPilot Installer

QLogic SANsurfer Pro Installer

Steps: 2 Steps: 10

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