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 (32-bit)

 

Red Hat Linux® Enterprise Advanced Server 2.1

 

Enterprise Linux 3.0 (32-bit)

 

SuSe Linux SLES 8 (32-bit)

 

 

Memory

256 MB, minimum

 

 

Disk space

150 MB, per installation

 

 

Processor

300 MHz or faster

 

 

Hardware

CD-ROM drive, RS-232 serial port, RJ-45 Ethernet port

 

 

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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