3–Installation
Site Requirements
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Fabric Management Workstation
The requirements for fabric management workstations are described in Tabl e 3-1.
Telnet workstations require an RJ-45 Ethernet port or an RS-232 serial port, and
an operating system with a Telnet client.
Switch Power Requirements
Power requirements are 1.2A at 100VAC or 0.5A at 240VAC.
Environmental Conditions
Consider the factors that affect the climate in your facility, such as equipment heat
dissipation and ventilation. The switch requires the following operating conditions:
Operating temperature range: 5–40°C (41–104°F)
Relative humidity: 10–90 percent, non-condensing

Table 3-1. Management Workstation Requirements

Component Requirement
Operating System Windows 2003
Windows XP, SP1 and SP2
Solaris 9, 10, and 10 x86
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4 and 5
SUSE™ Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10
Mac® OS X 10.4 and 10.5
Memory 512MB or more; 1GB recommended
Processor 1GHz or faster
Internet Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 and later
Netscape Navigator® 6.0 and later
Mozilla™ 1.5 and later
Safari® 1.0 and later (on Mac OS)
Firefox 1.5 and later
Java 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment 1.4.2
for QuickTools