User`s guide

4 – System Requirements

Software Requirements

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4.2

Software Requirements

The minimum software requirements are as follows:

■ One of the following operating systems:

❑ Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server (SP4)

❑ Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition (IA32)

❑ Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server (AS) 2.1 or 3.0 (IA32)

❑ SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 (SLES) (IA32)

❑ Solaris SPARC v2.8 or 2.9

■ Common desktop environment (CDE) to run SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager GUI

■ QLogic QLA4xxx drivers (such as QLA4010C drivers), as appropriate:

❑ Windows 2000

❑ Windows Server 2003

❑ Red Hat Linux

❑ SuSE Linux

❑ Solaris SPARC

■ TCP/IP protocol for Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 remote management

■ Administrative privileges to perform management functions

■ Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® (version 2.1 or later) to view documentation and

online help

■ Internet Explorer (version 4.0 or later), Netscape Communicator® (version 4.5

or later), or Mozilla™ (version 0.9.9 or later) to view online help

4.3

Supported QLogic HBAs

The QLogic iSCSI HBAs are collectively referred to as the QLA4xxx HBA unless

otherwise noted. See the SANsurfer HBA Support Matrix (Fibre Channel &

iSCSI) on the SANsurfer CD-ROM for a detailed list of supported QLogic HBAs.