Hitachi Global Link Manager Software Installation and Configuration Guide
the HDLM documentation. To manage a VMware version of HDLM, a remote
management client is required. For more information about remote
management clients, see the documentation regarding the VMware versions
of HDLM. Note that some OSs are not supported for Global Link Manager
even if they are supported for HDLM. The following table lists OSs that are
not supported for Global Link Manager.
Table 1-6 OSs Supported by HDLM but Not by Global Link Manager
OSs that Are not Supported for Global Link Manager Architecture
Windows Windows NT (SP6a) x86
Windows 2000 (SP2 and SP3) x86
Solaris Solaris 2.6 SPARC
AIX AIX 4.3.3 POWER
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IPF
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 x86
IPF
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 x86
AMD64/EM64T
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 x86
AMD64/EM64T
For details about the installation and environment settings of HDLM, see the
HDLM documentation and Appendix A, Notes on Using HDLM Version 5.8 or
Later, DMP, or HP-UX Multipathing on page A-1 in this manual.
Note:
If the installed HDLM version is earlier than 6.0, the hosts cannot connect to
Global Link Manager via IPv6. If IPv6 is enabled on a host, disable it. If IPv6
remains enabled, you cannot start the Device Manager agent service or the
Hitachi Command Suite Common Agent Component service.
When Using DMP
The following table lists the requirements and prerequisite programs for DMP
versions supported by Global Link Manager.
Table 1-7 DMP Requirements and Prerequisite Programs
Applicable OS DMP version Prerequisite program
Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64)
(SP2)
(Datacenter x64 Edition, Enterprise
x64 Edition, Standard x64 Edition)
DMP 5.1 (non-AP),
DMP 5.1 (AP1), or
DMP 5.1 (SP1)
• Global Link Manager
agent 6.3 or later
• JRE 5.0
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