FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

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McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
General Information
• Part of a second management server interface (LAN 1) that
connects to a customer intranet and allows operation of the
Sphereon 4500 Element Manager application from client PCs or
workstations. Connection to this LAN segment is optional and
depends on customer requirements. A network configuration
using both Ethernet connections is shown in Figure 1-7.
Figure 1-7 Typical Network Configuration (Two Ethernet Connections)
ATTENTION ! Prior to servicing a product, management server, or
customer-supplied server, determine the Ethernet LAN configuration.
Installation of products and servers on a public customer intranet can
complicate problem determination and fault isolation.
Minimum Client
Specifications
Client SAN management and Element Manager applications
download and install to remote workstations (from the 1U
management server) using a standard web browser. The applications
operate on platforms that meet the following minimum system
requirements:
• Desktop or notebook PC with color monitor, keyboard, and
mouse, using an Intel Pentium III processor with a 700 MHz
or greater clock speed, and using the Microsoft Windows
2000
(with service pack 4), Windows NT 4.0 (with service pack 6a),
or Windows
2003 operating system.