Chapter 2: Installation 11
Installing And Starting Up The Network Access Software
Supported operating systems
The following operating systems are supported by the Network Access Software:
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Workstation Service Pack 4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
• Microsoft Windows XP (Home and Professional) Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
• SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
• SuSE Linux 9.2
• SuSE Linux 9.3
Hardware configuration requirements
The software is supported on the following minimum computer hardware configurations:
• 500 MHz Pentium III
• 256 MB RAM
• 10BASE-T or 100BASE-T NIC
• XGA video with graphics accelerator
• Desktop size must be a minimum of 800 x 600
• Color palette must be a minimum of 65,536 (16-bit) colors
Browser requirements
You will need one of the following browsers installed on the computer to run the Network Access
Software:
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (Windows only)
• Netscape 6.0 or later
• Mozilla™ 1.4 or later
• Firefox 1.0 or later
Installing the software
To install on Microsoft Windows operating systems:
1. Insert the CD included with the KVM switch into the CD drive.