Accusys ExaRAID GUI - Manual (Page 239)

Advanced Functions
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The architecture of VDS is illustrated as below:
VDS is supported on Windows server 2003 SP-1(VDS1.0), Windows server
2003 R2 (VDS1.1). Microsoft provides both command-line and GUI tool
based on VDS: DiskRAID and Microsoft Storage Manager for SAN. VDS-
compliant storage management software from other vendors is also
available. Please see Section G.5 for more information.
You may follow the steps below to build VDS-based management
environment.
5. Install your RAID systems and connect them to networks.
6. Choose a management host system connected to the same LAN
7. Install the VDS Provider on the management host system.
8. Use VDS Provider Configuration Utility to locate the RAID systems and
complete the registration for the VDS Provider
You may now start using VDS-compliant manage software to manage
the registered RAID systems.
5.7.2 Installing the VDS Provider
Follow the steps below to install the VDS Provider onto the management
host.
1. Copy the software file (VDSProvider_SW_1.00.zip) into the computer,
and extract this file to a folder.
2. Double click the ‘Setup.exe’ file in the folder.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Note
The VDS Provider Configuration Utility requires that you have Java
Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 or later installed on your
Windows system.
Figure 5-39 VDS Provider illustration