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StorNext Storage Manager Requirements
Operating System Level Requirements
These tables list the required operating system levels required to successfully operate SNMS and
StorNext FS 2.4.1.
StorNext Management Suite Requirements
Note
StorNext SM only runs on SGI IRIX, Red Hat Linux, and Sun Solaris operating
systems.
System/Component Requirement
Browser settings Reload the StorNext GUI pages. Perform these steps to enable the page
reload.
• In Netscape, click: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Cache.
Select Every Time and click OK.
• In Internet Explorer, click:
Tools > Internet Options > General > Settings > General.
Under Settings, select Every visit to the page and click OK.
Server Memory A minimum of 512 MB of RAM is required.
Server Hard Disk Depending on file system activity, SNMS binaries, documentation,
configuration, and log files require up to 30 GB of local hard disk space. An
additional 500 MB of hard disk space is required per 1M managed files.
Client Hard Disk StorNext FS requires 200 MB of hard disk space for binaries,
documentation, configuration, and log files.
Server Platform Operating System Levels
Solaris Solaris 8, level 108528-09 or later
Solaris 9
IRIX 6.5.19f, 22f and 6.5.19m, 22m and 23m
Red Hat Linux Uniprocessor or Multiprocessor, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced
Server 3.0, Update 2, kernel levels 2.4.21-15.0.x.EL and
2.4.21-15.0.x.ELsmp.
To build a loadable kernel module, both the kernel and kernel source RPM
packages must be installed. To build and install the StorNext FS modules,
install all tools necessary to build a kernel module (including compilers) on
all Linux clients and server systems. To install these tools, obtain and install
a patch (available from Red Hat).