EMC QLA22xx User Manual

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Introduction
The next figure shows the same host after the cable attached to HBA0 
has been removed and the host rebooted. Since Windows was not 
able to do a discovery on HBA0, it assigned \\PHYSICALDRIVE0 
to the first device it discovered. In this case, that first device is 
connected to HBA1. Due to the shift, any software application 
accessing \\PHYSICALDRIVE0 will not find data previously 
written on the original \\PHYSICALDRIVE0.
The default driver behavior does not store target bindings between 
host reboots. The bindings are dynamically generated by the HBA 
when new target devices are detected.
HBA 0
HBA 1
HBA 2
PHYSICALDRIVE0
PHYSICALDRIVE4
PHYSICALDRIVE8
Windows
Host
HBA 0
HBA 1
HBA 2
Windows
Host
PHYSICALDRIVE0
PHYSICALDRIVE4