Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 5
53-10000610-02
Fabric and switch access
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Minimum hard disk space required for installation is 400 MB (Windows) and 500 MB (Solaris and
Linux). 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 selected SAN size setting can affect Fabric
Manager performance.
To allow for a large amount of history data, the recommended amount of free disk space is 5 GB for
small and medium SAN sizes, and 40 GB for large SAN size.
Fabric and switch access
Fabric Manager behavior is dependent on your Administrative Domain access privileges and your
user account role. The Administrative Domain defines what switches, ports, and devices you can
monitor. The account role determines the actions you can perform on those switches, ports, and
devices.
The following sections briefly describe how Administrative Domains and account roles affect Fabric
Manager users:
• “Administrative Domains” on page 6
• “Role-Based Access Control” on page 7
See the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide and the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide for detailed
information about these topics.
Solaris Client Sun Ultra 25 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 1 @ 750
MHz
512 MB RAM
1 GB of virtual memory
Sun Ultra 25 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 1 @ 750
MHz
1 GB RAM
1 GB of virtual memory
Sun Ultra 45 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 1 @ 1 GHz
2 GB RAM
2 GB of virtual memory
Server Sun Ultra 25 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 1 @ 750
MHz
1 GB RAM
1 GB of virtual memory
Sun Ultra 45 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 2 @ 1
GHz
2 GB RAM
2 GB of virtual memory
Sun Ultra 45 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 2 @ 1 GHz
4 GB RAM
2 GB of virtual memory
Combined
1
Sun Ultra 25 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 1 @ 750
MHz
2 GB RAM
2 GB of virtual memory
Sun Ultra 45 or equivalent
UltraSPARC CPU 2 @ 1
GHz
4 GB RAM
2 GB of virtual memory
Not supported
1. Requirements for a combined installation assume one client and server. Separate machines are suggested for
running additional clients.
TABLE 2 System requirements for client and server machines (Continued)
Operating
system
Installation
type
Requirements
Small SAN
1-512 ports
(1-20 switches)
Medium SAN
513-1280 ports
(21-50 switches)
Large SAN
1281-2560 ports
(51-80 switches)