Overview 9
Hardware and software Suggested minimum requirements
VMware ESX Server 3.0.3¹
VMware ESX Server 2.5.5¹
Operating system (64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
Editions
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R1 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
Editions
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R1 Standard and Enterprise Editions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for Itanium® with Update 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 and Intel® EM64T with Update 3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64 and Intel® EM64T with Service
Pack 3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Itanium® with Service Pack 3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 and Intel® EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for Itanium®
HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) and v3 (11.31) with the latest patch bundle²
¹ Only supported with the UPS Power Protection Agent version 4.5.
² For the latest updates of HP-UX patches, see the HP Patch Firmware Database website
(http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do
).
Typical hardware configurations
The management module can be attached in any of the following configurations:
• Configuration A (on page 10)—UPS connected serially to devices that monitor, manage, and control
the UPS
• Configuration B (on page 10)—UPS connected to devices that monitor the UPS over the network.
• Configuration C (on page 11)—UPS connected serially to devices that monitor, manage, and control
the UPS, and connected to devices that monitor the UPS over the network
• Configuration D (on page 12)—Redundant UPS configuration with serial connections
• Configuration E (on page 13)—Redundant UPS configuration with network connections
• Configuration F (on page 14)—Redundant UPS configuration with serial and network connections
• Configuration G (on page 15)—Redundant UPS configuration with dual subnet