Management System Requirements
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Advanced configuration and monitoring tasks are performed through the Switch Manager application or the Command Line Interface (CLI).
This section includes the following infomation about connecting to these user interfaces:
■Management system requirements, page 63
■Cable pin configurations, page 64
■Establishing an Ethernet or serial connection, page 65
Management system requirements
The requirements for the server and any other workstations are described in Table 11:
Table 11: Workstation requirements
Item | Requirement |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows® 2000/2003 Standard and Enterprise |
| Editions |
| Red Hat Linux® Enterprise Advanced Server 2.1 |
| Enterprise Linux 3.0 |
| SuSe Linux SLES 8 |
|
|
Memory | 256 MB, minimum |
|
|
Disk space | 150 MB, per installation |
|
|
Processor | 300 MHz or faster |
|
|
Hardware | |
|
|
Internet browser | Windows: Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, version 5.5 or |
| greater |
| Linux: Netscape Navigator, version 6.2 or greater or |
| Mozilla , version 1.0.2 or greater with Personal Security |
| Manager |
|
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