User Manual

The mpx110 supports the following management interfaces:
• mpx Manager GUI—Executes on a management workstation
• CLI—Executes on the mpx110 and is accessed using Telnet or the serial port (see Command-line
interface (page 80))
• SNMP—Provides mpx110 status, traps, and alerts (see Simple Network Management
Protocol (page 132))
Installing the management application
You can manage the mpx110 using the HP mpx Manager as a standalone application. The mpx
Manager software is available in the HP IP Distance Gateway software kit. The Linux kit is provided
in .tar format; the Windows kit is provided as a .zip file. The kits are available at http://
h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/index.html.
Table 12 (page 36) lists the requirements for the management servers running the HP mpx Manager.
Table 12 mpx Manager server requirements
RequirementComponent
Windows 2003, 2008 or XPOperating system
MAC OS X
Linux
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 (x86)
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86)
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 (x86)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 5 (x86) minimum
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86)
256 MB or moreMemory
150 MB per installationDisk space
500 MHz or fasterProcessor
CD-ROM drive, RJ-45 Ethernet port, RS-232 serial port (optional)Hardware
Internet browser
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and later
• Netscape Navigator 4.72 and later
• Mozilla 1.02 and later
• Safari Java 2 Runtime Environment to support web applet
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