HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

18 Introduction to Fabric Manager
Minimum hard disk space required for installation is 400 MB for Windows systems and 500 MB for
Solaris systems. After installation, the recommended minimum free disk space is 2 GB for small and
medium SAN sizes, and 10 GB for large SAN sizes.
The Fabric Manager client and Fabric Manager server must be running the same version of Fabric
Manager or you cannot launch Fabric Manager client.
Supported operating systems
Fabric Manager client and server software are supported by the Windows and Solaris operating systems
listed in Table 3. Make sure the operating system is supported for both the client and the server used in
your environment.
Table 2 System requirements for client and server machines
Operating
system
Machine type Requirements
1-512 ports
(1-20 switches)
513-1280 ports
(21-50 switches)
1281-2560 ports
(51-80 switches)
Windows® Client 800 MHz CPU
256 MB RAM
512 MB virtual
memory
1.5 GHz CPU
512 MB RAM
512 MB virtual memory
1.5 GHz CPU
512 MB RAM
512 MB virtual memory
Server 1.8 GHz P4
1 GB RAM
512 MB virtual
memory
2.0 GHz P4
1.5 GB RAM
512 MB virtual memory
2 x 3 GHz P4 CPU
2.5 GB RAM
1 GB virtual memory
Combined* 2 GHz P4
1.5 GB RAM
1 GB virtual
memory
2 x 3 GHz P4 CPU
2 GB RAM
1 GB virtual memory
Not recommended
Solaris Client Ultra 5 300 MHz
CPU
512 MB RAM
512 MB virtual
memory
Ultra 10 400 MHz CPU
768 MB RAM
512 MB virtual memory
Ultra 30 400 MHz CPU
1 GB RAM
512 MB virtual memory
Server Ultra 10 400 MHz
CPU
1 GB RAM
512 MB virtual
memory
Ultra 60 2 x 450 MHz
CPU
1.5 GB RAM
512 MB virtual memory
Ultra 60 2 x 450 MHz
CPU
2.5 GB RAM
1 GB virtual memory
Combined* Ultra 10 400 MHz
CPU
1.5 GB RAM
512 MB virtual
memory
Ultra 60 2 x 450 MHz
CPU
2 GB RAM
1 GB virtual memory
Not recommended
*Requirements for a combined installation assumes one client and server. HP recommends separate machines for
running additional clients.
Table 3 Supported operating systems
Fabric Manager client Fabric Manager server
• Windows 2000
• Windows 2003
• Windows NT® 4.0
• Windows XP®
• Solaris 2.7
• Solaris 2.8
• Solaris 2.9
• Windows 2000
• Windows 2003
• Windows XP
• Solaris 2.8
• Solaris 2.9