IBM 17352GX, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 2: Installation 9
Required items
Before you install the appliance, make sure that you have all the required items. The following
items come with the appliance:
• Power cord
• Rack-mounting brackets
• Documentation CD
• Virtual Console Software Installation CD
• Quick Installation Guide
• 1-U filler panel
• 16 terminators
The following additional items are needed:
• A Phillips screwdriver
• For each target device to be connected, one IBM Conversion Option (KCO, UCO, or VCO)
and one Cat5 cable
• For each switch to be tiered, one Cat5 cable.
• For each switch to be tiered with a KCO, one IBM KVM Conversion Option (KCO)
Operating System, Browser, and JRE Requirements
Target devices must be running one of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft
®
Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Standard 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web, Standard, and Enterprise 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise IA64, Standard and Enterprise EM64T
• Microsoft Windows Vista Standard and Enterprise 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Vista Standard and Enterprise EM64T
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 3.0. 4.0, and 5.0, IA32 and EM64T, WS, ES, and AS
Client computers running the VCS must be running one of the following operating system versions:
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server with Service Pack 1 Web, Standard, and Enterprise
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows Vista Business
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0. 4.0, and 5.0 WS, ES, and AS
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and Server 10