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1 – Introduction
System Requirements
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Solaris x86 9/10 (with latest patches)
Apple
®
Macintosh
®
Mac OS
®
X 10.3.x (PowerPC
®
(PPC)), 10.4.x (PPC/Intel), and 1.5.x
(PPC/Intel)
VMware
®
VMware ESX Server 3.5
1.5
System Requirements
The hardware and software requirements for SANsurfer FC HBA CLI are
described in the following sections.
1.5.1
Hardware Requirements
The minimum hardware requirements are as follows:
QLogic HBAs (see section 1.3).
Single- or multiprocessor server or workstation:
Pentium
®
III with 450 MHz or greater for Windows 2000, Windows
Server 2003, Windows XP Professional, Linux, and Solaris.
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008—Use the minimum
requirements from Microsoft.
Power Mac
®
G5 1.8 MHz or greater with 512 MB of memory.
FC devices, such as disks and RAID subsystems.
QLogic FC HBAs.
SANsurfer FC HBA CLI supports most FC devices. For a complete list of devices
that support failover, see the QLogic SAN Interoperability Guide, which you can
download from the QLogic Web site, www.qlogic.com/interopguide/info.asp#inter
.
NOTE:
VMware does not support 8Gb.
NOTE:
Throughout this guide, the terms Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Macintosh
refer to all the respective supported operating systems unless otherwise
noted.