Q-Logic FC HBA CLI manual System Requirements, Hardware Requirements

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1 – Introduction System Requirements

‰Solaris x86 9/10 (with latest patches)

„Apple® Macintosh®

‰Mac OS® X 10.3.x (PowerPC® (PPC)), 10.4.x (PPC/Intel), and 1.5.x (PPC/Intel)

„VMware®

‰VMware ESX Server 3.5

NOTE:

VMware does not support 8Gb.

NOTE:

Throughout this guide, the terms Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Macintosh refer to all the respective supported operating systems unless otherwise noted.

1.5

System Requirements

The hardware and software requirements for SANsurfer FC HBA CLI are described in the following sections.

1.5.1

Hardware Requirements

The minimum hardware requirements are as follows:

„QLogic HBAs (see section 1.3).

„Single- or multiprocessor server or workstation:

‰Pentium® III with 450 MHz or greater for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, Linux, and Solaris.

‰Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008—Use the minimum requirements from Microsoft.

‰Power Mac® G5 1.8 MHz or greater with 512 MB of memory.

‰FC devices, such as disks and RAID subsystems.

‰QLogic FC HBAs.

SANsurfer FC HBA CLI supports most FC devices. For a complete list of devices that support failover, see the QLogic SAN Interoperability Guide, which you can download from the QLogic Web site, www.qlogic.com/interopguide/info.asp#inter.

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