User manual

Chapter 2: Installation

Operating System Support

WebPAM is a utility designed to run on top of previously installed

SuperTrak and UltraTrak RAID products. Generally, if your PC runs the

SuperTrak or UltraTrak properly, it will run WebPAM also. Note,

however, that this version of WebPAM does not run on Linux.

Promise Technology recommends Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP

Professional to take full advantage of all the features of WebPAM.

Network Requirements

Since WebPAM is designed for network operation, be sure all the hosts

and servers are connected and running. Each of the PCs, RAIDs and

Servers must have a working network connection before you can

configure WebPAM.

Before you start…

If you are installing WebPAM to run over a network, obtain the IP

addresses or Hostname of the PC where the Utility Server will be

installed. See Appendix B for help in finding a PC’s IP Address and

Hostname.

Important

If you currently have Promise Array Manager (Windows PAM) on

your computer, completely remove it before installing WebPAM.

Failure to do so will result in incompatibility problems.

WebPAM installs Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4 on your system.

If you currently have JRE or Java Development Kit (JDK) versions 1.2.2,

1.3.0 or 1.4, WebPAM will use the existing JRE rather than installing a

second one.

If you are planning to use other applications that rely on JRE or JDK,

always install JRE or JDK first before you install WebPAM. WebPAM will

then detect the installed JRE or JDK.

For computers that will remotely monitor and manage the RAID, the

Internet Browser is the only software required. Do not install other

WebPAM components on these computers.