General InformationI

•Desktop or notebook PC with color monitor, keyboard, and mouse, using an Intel Pentium® processor with a 400 MHz or greater clock speed, and using the Microsoft Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® 2000, Windows XP, or Linux

2.2operating system.

•UNIX workstation with color monitor, keyboard, and mouse, using a:

— Hewlett-Packard®HA PA-RISC®processor with a 400 MHz or greater clock speed, using the HP-UX®11 or higher operating system.

— Sun® Microsystems UltraSPARC™-II processor with a 400 MHz or greater clock speed, using the SunOS™ version 5.5.1 or higher operating system, or Solaris™ version 2.5.1 or higher operating system.

— IBM PowerPC® microprocessor with a 400 MHz or greater clock speed, or POWER3™ microprocessor with a 400 MHz or greater clock speed, using the AIX version 4.3.3 or higher operating system.

•At least 24 MB available on the internal hard drive.

•128 MB or greater RAM.

•Video card supporting 256 colors at 800 x 600 pixel resolution.

•Ethernet network adapter.

•Java™-enabled Internet browser, such as Microsoft® Internet Explorer (version

4.0or later) or Netscape Navigator® (version 4.0 or later).

Field Replaceable Units

The switch provides a modular design that enables quick removal and replacement of FRUs small form factor pluggable SFP optical transceivers, power supplies, and fans. Figure 1–8illustrates the front of the switch. The switch front panel includes: