Avago Technologies MegaRAID Fast Path Software - Manual (Page 280)

Page 280 LSI Corporation Confidential | July 2011
MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 6: MegaRAID Storage Manager Overview and Installation | Hardware and Software Requirements
6.2 Hardware and Software
Requirements
The hardware requirements for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as
follows:
 PC-compatible computer with an IA-32 (32-bit) Intel Architecture processor or an
EM64T (64-bit) processor; also compatible with SPARC V9 architecture-based
systems
 Minimum 256 MB of system memory (512 MB recommended)
 A hard drive with at least 400 MB available free space; Solaris 10 SPARC occupies a
minimum of 640 MB.
The supported operating systems for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as
follows:
 Microsoft® Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft
Windows Server 2008R2, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, and
Microsoft Windows 7
 Red Hat Linux 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0
 Solaris 10 x86, SPARC
 SUSE Linux/SLES 9, 10, and 11, with the latest updates and service packs
 VMware ESX 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1
Refer to your server documentation and to the operating system documentation for
more information on hardware and operating system requirements.
You can use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to remotely monitor the systems
running the VMware ESXi (3.5 and above) operating system.
NOTE: Storelib libraries need the capability to be installed with more than one version.
All the storelib libraries have been moved to a private location. Please do a clean
un-installation and only then install the MegaRAID Software Manager to avoid any
conflicts.
6.3 Prerequisites to Running
MegaRAID Storage Manager
Remote Administration
The MegaRAID Storage Manager software requires ports 3071 and 5571 to be open in
order to function. Follow these steps to make sure these ports are open and to
configure multicasting.
1. Configure the system with a valid Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Make sure there is no IP address conflict within the sub-network, and make sure
that ports 3071 and 5571 are open and available for the MegaRAID Storage
Manager framework communication.
2. Disable all security management and the firewall.
3. Configure multicasting.
Make sure Class D multicast IP addresses are registered (at least 229.111.112.12
should be registered for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to work). If they
are not registered, create a static route using the following command:
Route add 229.111.112.12 dev eth1
4. Install the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. If the MegaRAID Storage Manager
software is already installed, restart the MegaRAID Storage Manager framework.