Purpose, Audience, Hardware requirements – Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 User Manual

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Preface

Purpose

This document describes how to use the i.LON AdminServer and LNS Proxy Web service included in
Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 (EES 2.0).

Audience

This guide is intended for system designers and integrators with an understanding of control networks.

Hardware Requirements

Requirements for the running the Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 software are listed below:

• Microsoft

®

Windows Vista

®

or Microsoft Windows

®

XP. Echelon recommends that you install

the latest service pack available from Microsoft for your version of Windows.

• Intel

®

Pentium

®

IV 1.5 GHz processor or faster, and meeting the minimum Windows requirements

for the selected version of Windows

.

1 GB RAM minimum.

Note: Windows Vista testing for all i.LON SmartServer 2.0 products has been performed on
computers that have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM. For complete Windows Vista requirements,
refer to

www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx

. You can use

Microsoft’s Vista Upgrade Advisor to determine upgrade requirements for a particular computer.
To download this tool, go to the Microsoft Web site at

www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

.

• Up to 640 megabytes (MB) free hard-disk space, plus the minimum Windows requirements for the

selected version of Windows.

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The i.LON SmartServer 2.0 software requires 105 MB of free space. If you plan on using the

i.LON AdminServer included with EES 2.0 to upgrade SmartServers, you must install the
i.LON SmartServer 2.0 software on your computer.

o

Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 requires 270 MB of free space. If you are running Echelon

Enterprise Services 2.0 with a SmartServer operating in LNS mode, EES 2.0 must be installed
on the LNS Server computer, and it may be installed on remote LNS clients.

o

LNS Turbo Editions 3.25 (or newer) requires 45 MB of free space. If you are running

Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 with a SmartServer operating in LNS mode, LNS Turbo
Editions 3.25 (or newer) must be installed on the LNS Server computer and any remote LNS
clients running EES 2.0. The LNS Server included with the i.LON LNS Server Editions is
LNS Turbo Edition Release 3.25.

o

If you install Adobe

®

Reader 9.1 from the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD, you need an

additional 204 MB of free space. You need Adobe Reader or another PDF viewer to view the
EES 2.0 documentation.

• DVD-ROM drive.
• 1024x768 or higher-resolution display with at least 256 colors.
• Mouse or compatible pointing device.
• If you are running Echelon Enterprise Services 2.0 with a SmartServer operating in LNS mode,

LNS Turbo Editions (3.25) or newer is required.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher.

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