P9000Watch and P9000Sketch Reference guide for HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor v5.3 (T1789-96325, August 2011)

6 Installing P9000Sketch
This chapter lists the supported environment for P9000Sketch (previously called XPSketch) and describes
the installation for P9000Sketch.
Supported Windows platforms
P9000Sketch can be installed on the following Windows platforms:
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition (IA-32 only) (Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2)
• Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition R2 (IA-32 only) (Service Pack 1, Service Pack
2)
• Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)
• Windows Vista (IA-32 only) (Service Pack 1)
• Windows 2008
NOTE:
• Use Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 when using Windows 2008 and IE 6.0 (Service Pack 1)
when using other Windows versions.
• To run the web client on the management station, you must install the Java JRE plug-in separately
on the management station. To download JRE for Windows, see
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
• For your browser to connect to a management station that uses IPv6 as the communication protocol,
IE version 7.0 and Java version 1.6 are required.
Installing P9000Sketch
To install P9000Sketch, complete the following steps:
1. Open a web browser.
2. In the browser address line, enter your server name followed by /pa. For example, http(s):/
/[server name]/pa.
You can also access P9000 Performance Advisor over a secure connection: https://[server
name].[domain name]/pa.
If the DNS server cannot locate the management station and open P9000 Performance Advisor,
type http(s)://[IP address]/pa.
NOTE:
The P9000 Performance Advisor URL is case-sensitive.
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