System Requirements:


SANWatch as a RAID management platform:

Computer must be Pentium or above PC-compatible running: Windows 2003 R2 SP2 (32/64), Windows XP, Vista RedHat AS 3.0, ES 4 (32/64), SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 (64), Professional 9.1, SLES 10 (32/64) Fedora Linux 3 (64), Fedora Linux 5 (32/64) FreeBSD 5 Solaris 8/9/10 Sparc Mac OS X 10.4.x.

The Data Service, Snapshot function currently supports Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 32-bit and Server 2003 R2 SP2 64-bit platforms.

NOTE:
Java Runtime consumes additional memory and resources. A memory size of 512MB or more is preferred on your management computer if you need to open more than one SANWatch console with multiple RAID systems. 

• Remote station must be running IE6.0 or Mozilla 5.0
• 16K or higher mode management station monitor.
• One Ethernet port (over TCP/IP)
• Windows Messaging (MAPI) for Windows 2003/XP if fax notification support is needed.
• SNMP traps service for Windows if SNMP traps notification is desired. Use Windows Add and Remove Programs -> Windows Components -> Management and Monitoring Tools to install and enable the service.
• TCP/IP with a valid IP assigned to each controller/subsystem. Static IP is recommended.
• Windows Fax Messenger service must be installed and installed. Messaging over Fax is supported only on WIndows. A fax modem that supports Hayes AT command protocol is required (if using the fax event notification function.)  (Fax command class 2.0 and above.)
• LAN broadcast is enabled using Windows Messenger, use rwall utility on Unix platforms.
• A GSM modem is required (if using the SMS short message event notification function). SANWatch currently supports two GSM modem models:
  • Siemens TC35
  • WAVECOM Fast Rack M1206

For details on notification methods, click here.

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