Promise Technology EX8650 Installing WebPAM PRO, Utility Server, Agent, Operating System Support

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

Installing WebPAM PRO

Web-Based Promise Array Management—Professional (WebPAM PRO) software provides a browser-based graphic user interface used to monitor and manage Promise RAID products and their logical drives. Because it works over your network, it can monitor and control multiple systems.

WebPAM PRO involves four components:

•Utility Server – Enables RAID management over a network

•Agent – Enables the Host PC to communicate with the Utility Server

•Java Runtime Environment (JRE) – A private installation for WebPAM

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•Internet Browser – Comes with your OS

When you install WebPAM PRO on a PC or server, you are installing the Utility Server, Agent, and JRE.

•Utility Server (page 20)

•Agent (page 20)

•JRE (page 21)

•Internet Browser (page 21)

•Installing WebPAM PRO onto a Windows PC or Server (page 22)

•Installing WebPAM PRO onto a Linux PC or Server (page 29)

Utility Server

The Utility Server runs on the Host PC (where the SuperTrak card is installed). You run the Utility Server by directing your browser to the IP address of the Host PC.

Agent

The Agent runs on the Host PC where the SuperTrak card is installed. After you have logged into the Utility Server through WebPAM PRO, the Utility Server accesses the Agent on the Host PC. As the user, you do not access the Agent directly.

Operating System Support

On the Host PC where you install the SuperTrak controller and WebPAM PRO, Promise Technology recommends:

•Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit)

•Windows Server 2003 SP1 or SP2 (32 or 64 bit)

•Windows XP Professional SP2 (32 or 64 bit)

•Windows 2000 SP4 (32 bit)

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