Brocade Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide v12.0.0 (53-1002801-01, March 2013)

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System requirements
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Memory requirements
Table 6 summarizes the minimum system memory requirements for running Network Advisor SAN
with SMI Agent on Windows and Linux systems.
Table 7 summarizes the minimum system memory requirements for running SMI Agent only on
Windows and Linux systems.
Operating system cache requirements
It is recommended that you use the System managed size (the OS allocates the required cache);
however, if you choose to use a custom size, make sure you use the following memory settings for
your operating system.
TABLE 6 SAN with SMI Agent memory requirements
Server/Client Professional Professional
Plus
Enterprise
Small Medium Large
Server plus 1 local client 2 GB (32-bit)
3 GB (64-bit)
3 GB (32-bit)
4 GB (64-bit)
3 GB (32-bit)
4 GB (64-bit)
4 GB (32-bit)
6 GB (64-bit)
4 GB (32-bit)
6 GB (64-bit)
Remote client only N/A 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
TABLE 7 SMI Agent only memory requirements
Server/Client Enterprise
Small Medium Large
Server plus 1 local client 3 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Remote client only 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
TABLE 8 Virtual memory requirements for Windows systems
Installed physical memory
(RAM) size
Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows XP Pro SP3 Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 Professional
Minimum paging file size Maximum paging file size Minimum paging file size Maximum paging file size
2 GB 2 GB 6 GB 1 GB 4 GB
3 GB 3 GB 9 GB 1 GB 4 GB
4 GB 4 GB 12 GB 1 GB 4 GB
Greater than 4 GB N/A N/A 1 GB 4 GB
TABLE 9 Linux swap space requirements
Installed physical memory (RAM) size Recommended swap size
2 GB 4 GB
3 GB 4 GB
4 GB 4 GB
Greater than 4 GB and less than 8 GB Equal to the amount of RAM
Greater than or equal to 8 GB and less than 64 GB .5 times the amount of RAM