Fore Systems ES-2810 - System Requirements; Requirements for FORE Stack View under Windows; DHCP Limitation

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FORE Systems ES-2810 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual
FORE Stack View
2.2 System Requirements
2.2.1 Requirements for FORE Stack View under Windows
You need a PC with the following minimum requirements to run FORE Stack View:
• Microsoft Windows NT workstation or server, version 4.0, or Microsoft Windows
95 or Microsoft Windows 98. (Windows NT 4.0 English language version worksta-
tion recommended.)
• A network adapter.
• 30 MB of free hard disk space.
• A color display with 800 x 600 resolution and 256 colors.
• The Microsoft IP protocol must be installed and configured before installation of
FORE Stack View.
2.2.2 DHCP Limitation
Three important things to know:
• Do not use a PC running Windows NT server (with its DHCP server installed) to
run FORE Stack View.
• Ensure the IP address for the PC is not changed by the DHCP server.
• PCs that use a network management system that uses BootP, DHCP or SNMP
Trap Receiving, may have their network management system disabled by FORE
Stack View.