User Guide

Installation

Chapter 2

Installation

This chapter contains information about installing the Altos RAIDWatch software (including its sub-

module Event Monitor) for local and remote management. The chapter includes the following

topics:

• System requirements, 2.1 on page 7.

• RAID network charting, 2.2 on page 8.

• Platform-specific requirements, 2.3 on page 9.

• Software setup, 2.4 on page 14.

• List of file Names, 2.5 on page 25

• Program Updates, 2.6 on page 26

• In-band SCSI, 2.7 on page 26.

2.1 System Requirements

The minimum hardware and software requirements for Altos RAIDWatch are listed below.

2.1.1 Server Running Altos RAIDWatch

• Pentium or above compatible (or equivalent PC) running Windows NT 4/Windows 2000/XP;

Solaris 7 & 8(SPARC, x86); AIX 4.3; or Red Hat Linux 6.1 (kernel v2.2.xx); Red Hat 7, SUSE 7

• At least one available RS-232 port.

• Hayes-compatible modem (if pager/telephone/mobile phone event notification is desired) or

fax/modem (if fax event notification is desired). [Note: fax command class 2.0 support only.]