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Hardware and software requirements
This section discusses the hardware and software requirements for installing HP StorageWorks Essentials
SAN Visibility.
• Standard LAN connectivity with target FC switches and hosts
• To use HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility, following are the necessary applications that
need to be installed on a host where HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility is installed:
• Internet Explorer v5.01 or later
• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) SE v1.5 Update 1 or higher
• Microsoft Excel viewer
• Microsoft Visio viewer
• Brocade SMI Agent (120.6.0 a) installed for SMI-S based data collection. For more information,
see the SMI-Agent user guide.
NOTE:
Brocade SMI-Agent installation is not mandatory for SAN Visibility data collection. If Brocade
SMI-Agent is not installed, then the collection takes place through SNMP (and Brocade APIs).
For more information on data collection methods, see
Data collection methods .
Table 1 lists the hardware requirements.
Table 1 Hardware requirements
Recommended Minimum
Pentium IV processor 256 MB RAM 100 Base-T Ether-
net port Pentium III processor 128 MB RAM 10 Base-T
Ethernet port
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