Prerequisites for the software master console

Before you install the software master console, ensure that you have the prerequisite hardware and software.

Location requirements

The master console must be in the same room and within 50 feet of the SAN Volume Controller nodes.

Hardware prerequisites

The master console software can be installed on a rack-mounted, high-performance, highly-reliable Intel® server (such as the IBM® eServer™ xSeries® 3250 or equivalent) with the following options:

One Intel Pentium® dual core processor, minimum 2.1 GHz
Minimum of 4 GB of system memory
Two IDE hard disk drives, minimum 160 GB each. During installation of the master console software, you will mirror these drives.
One CD drive
One Gigabit port for an Ethernet connection (fiber or copper)
One keyboard, such as the Space Saver keyboard or equivalent
One monitor, such as Netbay 1U Flat Panel Monitor Console kit without keyboard or equivalent
One mouse or equivalent pointing device

Example hardware configuration

An example hardware configuration might consist of the following components:

IBM xSeries 3250 server (1U)
Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz processor
4 GB memory DIMM (256 MB comes with base unit)
Two 160 GB IDE hard disk drives (one comes with base unit)
One Gigabit 10/100/1000 Copper Ethernet port on planar
NetBay 1U Flat Panel Monitor Console Kit with US keyboard

Software prerequisites

The software version of the master console requires that you obtain the following software:

Operating system
- The software version of the master console requires that one of the following operating systems is provided on your hardware platform:
  - Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
  - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
  - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 5.00.2195.
Note: The master console hardware option is shipped with Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition pre-installed.
Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer version 6 with Service Pack 1 or later
You can download Internet Explorer version 7 from the following Web site:

www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx/

You can download Internet Explorer version 6 Service Pack 1 from the following Web site:

www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/
Antivirus software (not required but necessary to ensure protection of your computer).

The following Web site provides the current list of supported software versions: