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Hitachi Device Manager

  • Supported Subsystems:

    • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
    • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
    • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform
    • Lightning 9900V
    • Lightning 9900
    • Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family
    • Hitachi Simple Modular Storage
    • Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
    • Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage
    • Thunder 9500V
    • Thunder 9200

Hitachi Device Manager Server:

  • Supported Operating Systems:

    For Windows

    • Windows Server® 2003
    • Windows Server® 2003 R2
    • Windows Server 2008#
    • Windows Server 2008 R2 (Hyper-V2)#
    • Windows Vista®
    • Windows XP
    • Windows 7

    For Solaris

    • Solaris 8
    • Solaris 9
    • Solaris 10 #1

    For Linux

    • Linux AS/ES 4 Update 4
    • Linux AS/ES 4.5
    • Linux AS/ES 4.6
    • Linux AS/ES 4.7
    • Linux 5.2
    • Linux 5.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
    • #Operation on Server Core is not supported
      #1The Device Manager server and the Tiered Storage Manager server run in the usual global environment (global zone) only. If a non-global zone has been created, install the Device Manager server and the Tiered Storage Manager server in the global zone
       


Hitachi Device Manager Server Hardware Requirements:

For Windows

Item Requirements
Hitachi Device Manager Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Processor Minimum Value: 1.0GHz
Recommended Value: 2.0GHz or higher
Memory Minimum Value: 512MB
Recommended Value: 1GB or more
Minimum Value: 1GB
Recommended Value: 2GB or more
Disk space#1 Minimum Value: 4GB
Recommended Value: 5GB or more
Minimum Value: 1GB#2
Recommended Value: 5GB or more#2
Monitor XGA (1,024 x 768 resolution) or higher
LAN card 10/100 Ethernet LAN card
If the management server and LAN cable are compatible with Gigabit Ethernet,
a Gigabit-class card may be used

Note: To run the Device Manager server and the Tiered Storage Manager server on a virtual
machine, configure the virtual machine to satisfy the above requirements.

#1This disk space is an approximate Value: for the entire system. For details about the disk space required for the installation location of each product and database storage location, see Review the Required Installation Information.
#2To use Tiered Storage Manager, there must also be enough disk space for Device Manager.

For Solaris

Item Requirements
Hitachi Device Manager Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Processor Solaris (SPARC)
Minimum Value: 1.0GHz
Recommended Value: 1.2GHz or higher
Solaris (x64)
Minimum Value: 1.8GHz
Recommended Value: 2.2GHz
Memory Minimum Value: 1GB
Recommended Value: 2GB or more
Minimum Value: 1GB
Recommended Value: 2GB or more
Disk space#1 Minimum Value: 4GB
Recommended Value: 5GB or more
Minimum Value: 1GB#2
Recommended Value: 5GB or more#2
Monitor XGA (1,024 x 768 resolution) or higher
LAN card 10/100 Ethernet LAN card
If the management server and LAN cable are compatible with Gigabit Ethernet,
a Gigabit-class card may be used
CD-ROM drive No requirement

Note: To run the Device Manager server and the Tiered Storage Manager server on a virtual machine, configure the virtual machine to satisfy the above requirements.

#1This disk space is an approximate Value: for the entire system. For details about the disk space required for the installation location of each product and database storage location, see Review the Required Installation Information.
#2To use Tiered Storage Manager, there must also be enough disk space for Device Manager.

For Linux

Item Requirements
Hitachi Device Manager Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager
Processor Minimum Value: 1.0GHz
Recommended Value: 2GHz or higher
Memory Minimum Value: 1GB
Recommended Value: 2GB or more
Minimum Value: 1GB
Recommended Value: 2GB or more
Disk space#1 Minimum Value: 4GB
Recommended Value: 5GB or more
Minimum Value: 1GB#2
Recommended Value: 5GB or more#2
Monitor XGA (1,024 x 768 resolution) or higher
LAN card 10/100 Ethernet LAN card
If the management server and LAN cable are compatible with Gigabit Ethernet,
a Gigabit-class card may be used
CD-ROM drive No requirement

#1This disk space is an approximate Value: for the entire system. For details about the disk space required for the installation location of each product and database storage location, see Review the Required Installation Information.
#2To use Tiered Storage Manager, there must also be enough disk space for Device Manager.

Supported Cluster Environments

Operating System Architecture Service Pack Cluster Software
Windows Server 2003 X86 SP2 Microsoft Cluster Service
Windows Server 2003 R2 X86 SP2
Windows Server 2008 X86 No SP Microsoft Fail Cluster
SP2
X64 No SP
SP2
Solaris 9 SPARC -- Veritas Cluster Server 4.0 or Sun Cluster 3.1
Solaris 10 SPARC -- Veritas Cluster Server 4.1 MP2 or
Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 MP1
X64 --

Hitachi Device Manager Agent Supporting Operating Systems and Hardware Requirements:

Supported Operating Systems for Device Manager Agents (IPv4 Environments)

Operating System Version Architecture Remarks
Windows Server®
2003#1
No SP
SP1
SP2
x86 Not applicable
IPF Runs Under WOW64
We recommend that SP2 be
installed
No SP
SP2
x64 Edition (EM64T
and AMD64)
Runs under WOW64
Windows Server
2003 R2#1
No SP
SP2
x86 Not applicable
X64 Edition (EM64T
and AMD64)
Runs under WOW64
Windows Server
2008#1
No SP
SP2
x86 Not applicable
IPF Runs under WOW64
x64 Edition (EM64T
and AMD64)
Runs under WOW64
Windows Server IPF
2008 R2
(Hyper-V2)#1
No SP IPF Runs under WOW64
x64 Edition (EM64T
and AMD64)
Solaris 8 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) We recommend that Solaris
Patch Cluster be installed
9 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) We recommend that Solaris
Patch Cluster be installed
10#2 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) We recommend that Solaris
Patch Cluster be installed
x64 Edition (AMD64)#3 We recommend that Solaris
Patch Cluster be installed
AIX® 5.3 32 bit
64 bit
Not applicable
6.1 64 bit The Device Manager agent
does not support
environments
where the Secure by Default
function is enabled
Red Hat® Enterprise
Linux®
Linux AS/ES 3
Linux AS/ES 4
  • Update 1
  • Update 3
  • Update 4
  • 4.5
  • 4.6
  • 4.7
  • 4.8
Linux 5
  • 5.0
  • 5.1
  • 5.2
  • 5.3
  • 5.4
x86
IPF
x64 Edition (EM64T)
The following versions of
Linux
AS/ES 3 are supported for
Hitachi Provisioning
Manager
  • Update 0
  • Update 3
  • Update 4
  • Update 6
The following OS are not
supported for Hitachi
Provisioning
Manager
  • Linux AS/ES 3 (x64 Edition)
  • Linux AS/ES 3 (IPF)
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 9
SP1
SP2
SP3
SP4
x86 Only the default kernel is
supported
Not supported for
Provisioning Manager
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 10
NO SP
SP1
SP2
x86
IPF
x64 Edition (EM64T)
Only the default kernel is
supported
Not supported for
Provisioning Manager
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 11
NO SP x86
IPF
x64 Edition (EM64T)
Only the default kernel is
supported
Not supported for
Provisioning Manager
HP-UX® 11i v1 PA-RISC (32 and 64 bit) Workstation is not
supported
32-bit is not supported for
Provisioning Manager
11i v2 PA-RISC (64bit)
IPF
Workstation is not
supported
11i v3 PA-RISC (64bit)
IPF
Workstation is not
supported

Note: Third-party agents are available for other servers. For the latest information about these agents, please contact your Hitachi Data System representative or refer to documentation about a specific agent.

#1If Windows Firewall has been enabled, the Device Manager agent must be registered as an exception with Windows Firewall when a new installation of the Device Manager agent is performed. For details on how to do this after installing the agent, see Notes for When a Firewall Is Enabled.
#2The Device Manager agent runs in the usual global environment (global zone) only. If a non-global zone has been created, install the Device Manager agent in the global zone.
#3The Device Manager agent supports only the Sun Fire x64 server family hardware. In addition, only the 64-bit kernel mode is supported.


Supported Operating Systems for Hitachi Device Manager Agents (IPv6 Environments)

Operating System Version Architecture Remarks
Windows Server
2003#1
SP2 x86 Not applicable
IPF Runs under WOW64
x64 Edition (EM63T
and AMD64)
Runs under WOW64
Windows Server
2003 R2#1
SP2 x86 Not applicable
x64 Edition (EM63T
and AMD64)
Runs under WOW64
Windows Server
2008#1
No SP
SP2
x86 Not applicable
IPF Runs under WOW64
x64 Edition (EM63T
and AMD64)
Runs under WOW64
Windows Server 2008
R2 (Hyper-v2) #1
No SP IPF Runs under WOW64
x64 Edition (EM63T
and AMD64)
Solaris 10#2 SPARC (32 and 64 bit) We recommend that
Solaris Patch Cluster
be installed
x64 Edition (AMD64)#3 We recommend that
Solaris Patch Cluster
be installed
AIX 5.3 32 bit
64 bit
Not applicable
6.1 64 bit The Device Manager
agent does not
support environments
where the Secure by
Default function is
enabled
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux
Linux AS/ES 4
  • Update 4
  • 4.5
Linux 5
  • 5.0
  • 5.2
  • 5.3
x86
x64 Edition (EM64T)
Not applicable

Note: Third-party agents are available for other servers. For the latest information about these agents, please contact your Hitachi Data System representative or refer to documentation about a specific agent.

#1If Windows Firewall has been enabled, the Device Manager agent needs to be registered as an exception with Windows Firewall when a new installation of the Device Manager agent is performed. For details on how to do this after installing the agent, see Notes for When a Firewall Is Enabled.
#2The Device Manager agent runs in the usual global environment (global zone) only. If a non-global zone has been created, install the Device Manager agent in the global zone.
#3The Device Manager agent supports only the Sun Fire x64 server family hardware. In addition, only the 64-bit kernel mode is supported.


 


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