Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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System requirements

Brocade has certified and tested Web Tools on the platforms shown in Table 3.

Brocade supports the platforms shown in Table 4.

For Windows systems, a minimum of 256 MB of RAM for fabrics comprising up to 15 switches, 512

MB of RAM for fabrics comprising more than 15 switches, and a minimum of 8 MB of video RAM

are recommended. Additionally, a DCX with a fully populated FC8-64 blade requires a minimum of

512 MB of RAM.

Setting refresh frequency for Internet Explorer

Correct operation of Web Tools with Internet Explorer requires specifying the appropriate settings

for browser refresh frequency and process model. Browser pages should be refreshed frequently to

ensure the correct operation of Web Tools.

To set the Internet Explorer options, perform the following steps.

1. Open your web browser and select Tools > Internet Options.

2. Select General > Temporary Internet Files > Settings.

TABLE 3 Certified and tested platforms

Operating System Browser

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit) Internet Explorer 8.0

Windows Server 2008 Standard Internet Explorer 7.0

Windows Vista Business Internet Explorer 7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Server 5 Advanced

Platform

Internet Explorer 7.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Internet Explorer 7.0

TABLE 4 Supported platforms

Operating System Browser

Red Hat AS 4.0 (x86 32-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Adv (x86 32-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86 32-bit)

Firefox 2.0

Windows 2000 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0

Windows 2003 Server, SP2 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 7.0/8.0

Windows XP Pro SP3 (x86 32-bit) Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 7.0/8.0

Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 (x86

32-bit)

Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 7.0/8.0

Windows Server 2008 Standard Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 7.0/8.0

Windows 7 Professional (x86) Firefox 2.0

Solaris 9 (SPARC only)

Solaris 10 (SPARC only)

Firefox 2.0