Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 Release Notes

HIT/ME Components

Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition (HIT/ME) includes the user-selectable components described in the following table:

Table 1. HIT/ME Tools ComponentsThis table describes the various user-selectable components in HIT/ME.
Component	Description
Remote Setup Wizard (RSW)	Initializes a PS Series storage array
Remote Setup Command Line Interface (RSWCLI)	Provides a command-line alternative to the Remote Setup Wizard. Also enables you to configure multipath I/O settings and configure access to a PS Series group.
Multipath I/O device-specific module (MPIO/DSM)	Supports redundant network paths between a computer and the PS Series group for high availability and high performance.
Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME)	Creates and manages Smart Copies (snapshots, clones, and replicas of PS Series iSCSI volumes). Use the alternate command-line interface, ASMCLI, for custom operations and scripting.
VSS Provider	Used by Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to manage application-consistent Smart Copies
Virtual Disk Service Provider (VDS)	Used by VDS version 1.1 and Storage Manager for SANs to create and manage volumes in a group
Storage Management Provider (SMP)	Manages storage groups on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 R2 or later operating systems
PowerShell Tools	Manages one or many PS Series groups through a comprehensive set of PowerShell Tool cmdlets
EqualLogic MPIO Configuration Tool	EqualLogic MPIO Configuration Tool is a new Graphical User Interface (GUI) application (EqlMPIOConfigurator.exe), which provides same user interface as the HIT/ME MPIO Configuration tab.