Installation guide

4 – Installation
Installing a Switch
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4.2.5
Install the Management Application
You can manage the switch using SANsurfer Switch Manager as a standalone
application or as a part of SANsurfer Management Suite™. SANsurfer
Management Suite is QLogic’s integrated fabric management application,
managing both HBAs and switches.
 If your switch was shipped with a SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation
Disk, refer to “SANsurfer Switch Manager” on page 4-8 for instructions on
how to install SANsurfer Switch Manager.
 If your switch was shipped with a SANsurfer Management Suite Disk, refer
to “SANsurfer Management Suite” on page 4-10 for instructions on how to
install SANsurfer Management Suite.
Refer to the SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide for more
information about using, exiting, and uninstalling SANsurfer Management Suite
and SANsurfer Switch Manager.
4.2.5.1
SANsurfer Switch Manager
You can install SANsurfer Switch Manager on a Windows, Linux, Solaris, or Mac
OS X® workstation. To install the SANsurfer Switch Manager application from the
SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk, do the following:
For a Windows platform:
1. Close all programs currently running, and insert the SANsurfer Switch
Manager Installation Disk into the management workstation CD-ROM drive.
2. In the upper left corner of the product introduction screen, click
Management Software.
3. Locate your platform in the table and click Install.
For a Linux platform:
Open the CD and run the installation program with the following path:
data/files/Management_Software/Linux/Linux_5.00.xx.xx.bin
If there is no CD-ROM icon, do the following:
1. Open an xterm or other terminal window.
2. Mount the CD-ROM. From a shell prompt, enter the following:
mount /mnt/cdrom
3. Change directory to the location of the install program:
cd /mnt/cdrom/data/files/Management_Software/Linux
4. Execute the install program and follow the installation instructions.
Linux_5.00.xx.xx.bin