You must install the Management Service on at least one system on the same subnetas your iSCSI Storage Appliance. See “Installing Adaptec Storage Manager” onpage 27 for more information.Adaptec recommends that you install the Management Service on the same systemas the GUI and Agent; however, it can be installed anywhere on your IP SAN, aslong as it’s on the same subnet as your iSCSI Storage Appliance.Note You can install and add multiple Management Services to Adaptec StorageManager, if you want some of your iSCSI Storage Appliances to be configured andmanaged separately from others. An individual iSCSI Storage Appliance can beadded to one Management Service only.Windows SupportWindows Support is a bundle of software components that’s offered as an installationoption for systems running Windows 2003 only. (Component support varies byoperating system. See page 211 for more information.) Windows support includes:• Multipath Input Output (MPIO) Device Specific Module (DSM) Driver—Supportsmultiple redundant physical paths between your iSCSI Storage Appliance andyour iSCSI Storage Hosts, and supports mirror failover. Supported on systemsrunning Windows 2003 R2 only.• Provisioning Agent—Automates functions such as volume and snapshot creation.Supported on systems running Windows 2003 only.• Virtual Disk Services (VDS) Provider—Enables third-party management tools toconfigure your iSCSI Storage Appliance. Supported on systems runningWindows 2003.• Volume ShadowCopy Service (VSS) Provider—Enables the creation of application-and file-consistent snapshots. Supported on systems running Windows 2003only.Windows Support must be installed on any system that will be an iSCSI StorageHost. Windows Support can be installed on any system that requires support forthird-party management tools. See “Installing Adaptec Storage Manager” on page27 for more information.Management ServiceiSCSI Storage HostiSCSI Storage Appliance
