Promise Technology EX4650 Installing WebPAM PRO, Utility Server, Agent, Operating System Support

Chapter 2: Installation

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 PRO

•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 37)

•Agent (page 37)

•JRE (page 38)

•Internet Browser (page 38)

•Installing WebPAM PRO onto Windows (page 39)

•Installing WebPAM PRO onto Linux (page 47)

Utility Server

The Utility Server can run on the Host PC (where the SuperTrak card is installed), or on a networked PC, if your WebPAM PRO system includes remote management over a network. 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 Server 2008 (64 bit) with or without Hyper-V

•Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)

•Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit)

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