User`s guide

IS0054602-00 A 4-1
Section 4
System Requirements
The SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager application requires the hardware and software
listed in this section for optimum performance.
4.1
Hardware Requirements
The minimum hardware requirements are as follows:
■ QLogic QLA4xxx iSCSI to PCI-X host bus adapters (see section 4.3)
■ Single-processor or multiprocessor server or workstation:
❑ Pentium III with 450 MHz or greater for Windows® 2000, Windows
Server® 2003, Red Hat® Linux®, and SuSE® Linux
❑ Sun Ultra 60 for Solaris® SPARC®
■ iSCSI devices, such as disks. SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager supports most
iSCSI devices. For a complete list of devices, see the QLogic SAN Interoperability
Guide, which can be downloaded from the QLogic web site
(www.qlogic.com/interopguide/info.asp#inter
).
■ 64 MB of physical RAM are required to run SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager;
256 MB are recommended. Running with less memory can cause disk swapping,
which severely effects performance.
■ Video card capable of 256 colors and a screen resolution of 800× 600 pixels are
required; 16K colors and 1024×768 pixels are recommended.
■ About 100 MB of disk space