Brocade Network Advisor Installation Guide
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System requirements
Client and server system requirements
Network Advisor has the following client and server system requirements:
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Professional Edition — A single server supports a single client (local client only).
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Professional Plus Trial — A single server supports a maximum of 8 clients (local or remote).
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Professional Plus Licensed Version — A single server supports a maximum of 8 clients (local or remote).
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Enterprise Trial — A single server supports a maximum of 8 clients (local or remote).
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Enterprise Licensed Version — A single server supports a maximum of 8 clients (local or remote).
Scalability requirements
Table 13
through
Table 18
summarize the scalability limits for support with Network Advisor.
TABLE 13
Enterprise-supported limits by SAN size
Small
Medium
Large
Number of Fabrics
8
16
24
Number of Domains
20
60
120
Number of Switch Ports
2000
5000
9000
Number of Device Ports
5000
10000
20000
Number of Access Gateways
20
30
40
Performance Monitoring Polling
5 minutes
5 minutes
5 minutes
TABLE 14
Professional Plus-supported limits by SAN size
Values
Limits
Number of Fabrics
4
Number of Domains
20
Number of Switch Ports
2560
Number of Device Ports
4096
Number of Access Gateways
20
Performance Monitoring Polling
5 minutes
TABLE 15
Professional-supported limits by SAN size
Values
Limits
Number of Fabrics
1
Number of Domains
10
Number of Switch Ports
1000
Number of Device Ports
1000
Number of Access Gateways
5
Performance Monitoring Polling
N/A