VOP Prerequisites

The VOP application uses an Ethernet connection to communicate with the tape drives, either:

■Point-to-point, using a cross-over cable

■Networked, using a switch and standard—straight—Ethernet cables

This Ethernet interface provides communication with the tape drives and allows:

■Customer operators to:

■Select and monitor drive status indicators

■View, load, and configure drive settings

■Enroll and un-enroll agents (tape drives) for use with the KMS

■Services representatives to:

■View, delete, load, and configure encryption and communication settings

■IPL a drive

■Run diagnostics, retrieve dumps, and logs for the Dione card

■Enable and disable encryption

Before you can install and operate the VOP application, your computer system must meet certain prerequisites. These are the minimum:

■Hardware requirements

■Operating system certifications

■Java Runtime Environment (JRE) minimum release level requirements

The minimum hardware requirements include:

■512 MB memory

■1.0 GHz processor

■Ethernet port available for static IP addressing

■RJ45–RJ45 Ethernet cross-over cable (direct connection to drive)

■RJ45–RJ45 Ethernet cables (indirect connection through an Ethernet switch)

These operating systems are certified for use with the VOP:

■Windows 2000 or XP

■Linux–Redhat 9.0, ES

■Solaris–SunOS 5.8, SunOS 5.9, and SunOS 5.10

The VOP software application is a Java-based program; therefore, you need a compatible version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed.

Before attempting to install and run VOP, verify the presence, and release level of JAVA is version J2SE 1.5, or higher.

18 KMS: LTO4 Technical Brief • June 2008

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