Specifications

SPECTRUM Software Release Notes Page 5
Contents
Overview 12
Purpose of this Document ..........................................................................................12
How This Manual Is Organized ..................................................................................13
Version Control ..........................................................................................................14
System Requirements 15
The SPECTRUM Online Sizing Tool ......................................................................16
Determining RAM and Disk Space Requirements ..................................................17
Sun SPARCstation/Solaris 7 and 8 ............................................................................18
Additional Requirements ........................................................................................18
Configuring a 24-bit Color Card ..............................................................................23
Microsoft Windows NT (OS 4.0 and 2000) .................................................................26
Additional Requirements ........................................................................................26
Minimum Windows NT and Solaris Configurations ....................................................29
Tier 1: Less than 500 managed devices
(assuming an average of 24 ports per device) ....................................................29
Memory ...............................................................................................................29
Processor ............................................................................................................30
Disk .....................................................................................................................30
Tier 2: More than 500 managed devices
(assuming an average of 24 ports per device) ....................................................30
Memory ...............................................................................................................30
Processor ............................................................................................................31
Disk .....................................................................................................................31
Disk Requirements (Disk Striping) ..........................................................................32
Web Browser Recommendations ...........................................................................33
SPECTRUM 6.0.2 Patches ........................................................................................34
New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0.3 36
Web Operator 2.6 .......................................................................................................36
SPECTRUM Modeling ...............................................................................................36