IBM SAN32M-2, Installation And Service Manual

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SAN32M-2 Installation and Service Manual 10
Management server specifications
This section summarizes minimum and recommended hardware
specifications for a management server. Servers may ship with more
enhanced hardware, such as a faster processor, additional
random-access memory (RAM), or a higher-capacity hard drive.
Minimum
specifications
Minimum server specifications are:
• A rack-mount server running the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor
with a 2 gigahertz (GHz) or greater clock speed, using the
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (with service pack 4),
Windows XP Professional (with service pack 2), or Windows
Server 2003 operating system (Enterprise Edition with service
pack 1) operating system.
• TightVNC™ Viewer Version 1.2.7 client-server software control
package that provides remote network access (through a web
browser) to the management server desktop.
• 1,024 megabyte (MB) RAM.
• 40 gigabyte (GB) internal hard drive.
• 1.44 MB 3.5-inch slim-type disk drive.
• 24X read speed slim-type compact disk-rewritable (CD-RW)
and 8X read speed digital video disk (DVD) combination drive,
data only.
• 56K peripheral component interconnect (PCI) internal data and
fax modem, using the V .92 dial-up specification.
• 16 MB graphics card.
• Network interface card (NIC) with two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
adapters using RJ-45 connectors.
Recommended
specifications
Recommended server specifications are:
• A rack-mount server running the Intel Pentium 4 processor with a
3 GHz or greater clock speed, using an 800 megahertz (MHz)
front side bus, using the Microsoft Windows Server 2003
operating system (Enterprise Edition with service pack 1).
• TightVNC™ Viewer Version 1.2.7 client-server software control
package that provides remote network access (through a web
browser) to the management server desktop.