A customer wants to install an Emulex HBA in a Windows 2008 server for connection to a Hitachi Unified Storage system. Where would you determine the validity of this configuration?

Question

Options

• AMicrosoft Web site
• BHDS Hitachi Unified Storage maintenance manual
• CHiFire on HDS intranet/extranet
• DStorage Navigator Modular 2 User's Guide

• B
  3% (1)
• C
  93% (27)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

HiFire (option C) is the correct answer because it is Hitachi Data Systems' official interoperability/compatibility tool hosted on their intranet/extranet, specifically designed to validate supported hardware configurations - including HBAs, operating systems, and storage systems like the Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) platform.

• Option A (Microsoft) is wrong because Microsoft's site covers Windows compatibility generally, not storage vendor-specific HBA interoperability with HDS arrays.
• Option B (HUS Maintenance Manual) is wrong because maintenance manuals cover servicing and operation, not supported third-party HBA/OS combinations.
• Option D (Storage Navigator Modular 2 User's Guide) is wrong because SNM2 is a management GUI tool; its user guide covers how to use the software, not hardware compatibility validation.

Memory tip: Think "HiFire = HDS's official Firewall against bad configs" - whenever you need to confirm that a third-party component (HBA, switch, OS) is validated to work with an HDS storage system, HiFire on the HDS portal is your authoritative source.

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