Chapter 2: Installation

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Chapter 2: Installation

Getting Started

Before installing your EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance, refer to the following lists to ensure that you have all the items that shipped with the appliance as well as other items necessary for proper installation.

Supplied with the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance

The following items are supplied with the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance

One DC power supply

One serial null modem cable (Avocent part number 042-0063)

Wall mounting brackets and screws

EVR1500 Installer/User Guide

EVR1500 Quick Installation Guide

Additional items needed

For the mount shelf rack option, order the 1U Mount Shelf Rack kit (Avocent part number 790200).

Hardware requirements

The following hardware requirements are necessary for a PC connecting to the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

300 MHz processor

128 Mb or more of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)

Software requirements

The following software requirements are necessary for a PC connecting to the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance:

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional SP3 or Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1a

J2SE™ Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or later

Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 5.5 SP2 or IE 6 SP1