Introduction : Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware and Software Requirements

The hardware requirements for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as follows:

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PC-compatible computer with an IA‑32 (32‑bit) Intel Architecture processor or an EM64T (64‑bit) processor; also compatible with SPARC V9 architecture-based systems

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Minimum 256 MB of system memory (512 MB recommended)

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A hard drive with at least 400 MB available free space; Solaris™ 10 X86 and Solaris™ 10 SPARC, Solaris™ 11 X86 and Solaris™ 11 SPARC requires a minimum of 640 MB.

The supported operating systems for the MegaRAID Storage Manager software are as follows:

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Microsoft® Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, and Microsoft Windows 2012.

NOTE  Support of the SNMP Agent is deprecated during the default installation of the MegaRAID Storage Manager software on Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows 2012, and later versions. However, in a custom installation, if you select SNMP as one of the utilities, the SNMP Agent gets installed.

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Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 U6 and U7, Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 and U1, Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.10 and 6.5

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Red Hat Linux 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 6.0, and 6.5. The MegaRAID Storage Manager software supports 64-bit environment from RHEL 6 onwards

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Solaris 10 x86, Solaris SPARC, Solaris 11 x86, Solaris 11 SPARC, Solaris 11 Update 1 x86, and Solaris 11 Update 1 SPARC

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SUSE Linux/SLES 9, 10, 11, 11 SP2, and 11 SP3 with the latest updates and service packs

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VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1

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VMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0 Update 2, 5.0 Update 3, 5.1, 5.1 Update 1, and 5.5

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Citrix XenServer 6.0

Refer to your server documentation and to the operating system documentation for more information on hardware and operating system requirements.

NOTE  The MegaRAID Storage Manager software is supported in the Network Address Translation (NAT) environment also. If the server is installed in a remote machine and you want to connect to that server over a NAT environment, through a remote client, you can connect to the remote server by providing the NAT IP address.

NOTE  The MegaRAID Storage Manager software uses the local IP address in the same subnet as the SMTP server to deliver email notifications to the SMTP server.

You can use the MegaRAID Storage Manager software to remotely monitor the systems running the VMware ESXi (3.5 and above) operating system.

NOTE  Storelib libraries need the capability to be installed with more than one version. All the storelib libraries have been moved to a private location. Please do a clean un-installation and only then install the MegaRAID Software Manager to avoid any conflicts.