User`s guide

1. Package Contents
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager installation packages are available for the following supported operating
system (OS) platforms (where “nn” specifies the build number of the current software release):
File Name Description
standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_windows_install.exe
All supported Windows platforms
standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_solaris_install.bin.gz
Solaris SPARC
standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_solaris_install_x86.bin.gz
Solaris x86
standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_macosx_install.zip
Mac OS X (Power PC/Intel)
standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_linux_install.bin.gz
Linux/VMware ESX (Intel x86, Intel 64 and AMD64
platforms)
standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_linux_install_ia64.bin.gz
Linux (Intel IA64 platforms)
2. Requirements
This section lists the minimum hardware and software requirements.
2.1 Hardware Requirements
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager requires the following minimum hardware:
● One or more of the following QLogic adapters:
❍ QLx2xxx FC Adapters (adapters)
❍ QLx8xxx FCoE Converged Network Adapters (adapters)
● Single-processor or multi-processor server or workstation:
❍ Pentium III with 450 MHz or greater for Windows XP Professional, Vista, Windows 2000,
Windows Server 2003, 2008, Red Hat/SLES Linux, Solaris x86, or NetWare
❍ Sun Ultra 60 for Solaris SPARC
❍ Power Mac G5 1.8 MHz or greater with 512 MB of memory
● Fibre Channel devices, such as disks and RAID subsystems. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager supports
most FC devices. For a complete list of devices that support failover, see the QLogic SAN
Interoperability Guide, which you can download from the QLogic Web site:
http://www.qlogic.com/interoperability/interoperability.aspx
NOTE: Tape devices are shown as part of the configuration, but are not fully supported by
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager (only LUN masking).
● 256 MB of physical RAM required to run SANsurfer FC HBA Manager; 512 MB recommended.
Running with less memory can cause disk swapping, which severely affects performance.
● Video card capable of 256 colors and a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels required; 16K colors
and 1024 x 768 pixels recommended
● About 150 Mb disk space
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