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Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager System Requirements

Products: Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager

Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager version 6.0
Minimum System Requirements for the Management Server:

Windows-based Management Server:

Hitachi Device Manager Server 6.0 or later must be installed on the same system.

  • Operating systems (non-cluster environment) supported:
    • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Standard Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 (x64), Standard x64 Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 (x64), Enterprise x64 Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 (x64), Datacenter x64 Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Standard Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64), Standard x64 Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64), Enterprise x64 Edition
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64), Datacenter x64 Edition
    • Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2) or later
    • Windows Vista x86 – Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Editions
  • Operating systems (cluster environment) supported:
    • Windows Server 2003, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions (32 bit and x64)
    • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
  • Additional Cluster requirements:
    • Cluster software: Microsoft Cluster Server
    • Number of nodes: 2
    • Cluster configuration: Active-Standby configuration
    • Caution: On all nodes that make up a cluster, the disk configuration must be the same, and the installation folder for the Hitachi Device Manager software server must have the same name (including the drive letter and path name).
  • Server machine requirements:
    • Monitor: SVGA (800 x 600) or greater
    • CPU: minimum 1GHz (2GHz recommended)
    • Memory: 1GB (2GB recommended)
    • Disk capacity: 250MB (5GB recommended, more for larger sets of managed storage units)

Sun Solaris (SPARC edition)-based Management Server:

  • Operating systems (non-cluster environment) supported:
    • Solaris 8
  • Solaris 9
    • The following patch is required:
      • 118335-08
  • Solaris 10
    • Do not apply the following OS patches in a Solaris 10 environment:
      • SPARC : 127111-02 and 127111-03
      • x64 : 127112-02 and 127112-03
    • Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager server only works in an ordinary global environment (global zone). If you have created a zone (non-global zone), make sure that you install the Tiered Storage Manager server in the global zone.

    Operating systems (cluster environment) supported:

    • Solaris 9
    • VERITAS Cluster Server 4.0 or Sun Cluster 3.1

    Server machine requirements:

    • CPU: 1GHz (2GHz recommended)
    • Memory: 1GB (2GB recommended)
    • Disk capacity: 1GB (5GB recommended)

    Common Management Server requirements:

    • Hitachi Device Manager server software version 5.9 (or later)

    Requirements if mainframe storage integration is used:

    • Hitachi Device Manager Mainframe Agent 5.9 or later
    • Hitachi Device Manager server software version 5.5.0 (or later)

    Requirements if Hitachi Tuning Manager integration is used:

    • Hitachi Tuning Manager software 5.0.0 or later
      WARNING: Do not install Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager software and Hitachi Tuning Manager software (“large database” setting) on the same management server
    • Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for RAID 4.0.0 or later

    Minimum System Requirements for the Management Client

    • Operating systems supported:
      • Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 3) or later
      • Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 3) or later
      • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (Service Pack 3) or later
      • Windows 2000 Datacenter Server (Service Pack 3) or later
      • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
      • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
      • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Standard Edition
      • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
      • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
      • Windows XP Professional
      • Windows Vista (32-bit)
      • Solaris 8 (SPARC edition)
      • Solaris 9 (SPARC edition)
      • Solaris 10 (SPARC edition)
      • HP-UX 11i V1.0
      • HP-UX 11i V2.0
      • HP-UX 11i V3.0
    • Management Client requirements:
      • Internet Explorer version 6.0 for Windows
      • Internet Explorer version 6.0 (Service Pack 1) for Windows
      • Internet Explorer version 7.0 for Windows
      • Mozilla 1.4 for Solaris (SPARC edition)
      • Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris (SPARC edition)
      • Mozilla 1.7.8 for HP-UX
      • Mozilla 1.7.12.01 for HP-UX
      • Mozilla 1.7.13.01 for HP-UX
    • CLI Client requirements:
      • Windows environments:
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 06 or later
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5.0 Build 07 or later
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 03-b02
          • Delivered with Device Manager
      • Solaris environments:
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 06 or later
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5.0 Build 07 or later
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 03-b02
          • Delivered with Device Manager
      • HP-UX environments:
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 08 or later
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5.0 Build 03 or later
        • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 03-b02
          • Delivered with Device Manager

    Storage Subsystems Applicable to Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager software:

    • Domain Controllers:
      • Subsystem:
        • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V
        • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
        • Hitachi Network Storage Controller model NSC55
           
    • External Storage Subsystems:
      • Hitachi Lightning 9900™ V Series enterprise storage systems
      • Hitachi Thunder 9500™ V Series modular storage systems
      • Hitachi Lightning 9900 enterprise storage systems
      • Hitachi Lightning 9900V enterprise storage systems
      • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform
      • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
      • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
      • Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage
      • Hitachi Workgroup Modular Storage
        In addition to the above storage subsystems, storage subsystems that are supported by Universal Storage Platform external storage connection can also be managed.