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Chapter 2

Installing and Getting Started

This chapter contains information and procedures for installing and launching Dell PowerConnectW-AirWave,

and includes the following topics:

 “AirWave Hardware Requirements and Installation Media” on page17

 “Supported Browsers” on page17

 “Installing Linux CentOS 5 (Phase 1)” on page18

 “Installing AirWave Software (Phase 2)” on page18

 “Configuring and Mapping Port Usage for AirWave” on page21

 “AirWave Navigation Basics” on page22

 “Getting Started with AirWave” on page28

AirWave Hardware Requirements and Installation Media

The AirWave installation CD includes all software (including the Linux OS) required to complete the

installation of AirWave. AirWave supports any hardware that is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 certified. By default,

all installs are based on a 64-bit operating system.

AirWave hardware requirements vary by version. As additional features are added to AirWave, increased hardware

resources become necessary. For the most recent hardware requirements, refer to the Dell PowerConnect W

Server Sizing Guide at support.dell.com/manuals.

AirWave is intended to operate as a soft appliance. Other applications should not run on the same installation.

Additionally, local shell users can access data on AirWave, so it is important to restrict access to the shell only to

authorized users.

You can create sudo users in place of root for companies that don't allow root logins.

Supported Browsers

Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7)

 Internet Explorer 7/8/9

 Firefox 3.x

 Google Chrome 9.x (stable)

Mac (OS X, 10.5, 10.6)

 Safari 4.x and higher,

 Firefox 3.x

 Google Chrome 9.x

NOTE: AirWave does not support downgrading to older versions. Significant data could be lost or compromised in such a

downgrade. In unusual circumstances requiring that you return to an earlier version of AirWave, we recommend you perform a

fresh installation of the earlier AirWave version, and then restore data from a pre-upgrade backup.