Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series

59096-02 C 4-1
Section 4
Installation
This section describes how to install and configure the SANbox 5600 Series
switch. It also describes how to load new firmware and how to recover a disabled
switch.
4.1
Site Requirements
Consider the following items when installing a SANbox 5600 Series switch:
 Fabric Management Workstation
 Switch Power Requirements
 Environmental Conditions
4.1.1
Fabric Management Workstation
The requirements for fabric management workstations running SANsurfer Switch
Manager are described in Table 4-1:
Telnet workstations require an RJ-45 Ethernet port or an RS-232 serial port and
an operating system with a Telnet client.
Table 4-1. Management Workstation Requirements
Operating System
 Windows 2000/2003/XP
 Solaris 8/9/10
 Linux® Red Hat® EL 3.x
 S.u.S.E® Linux 9.0 Enterprise
 Mac® OS X 10.3
Memory 256 MB or more
Disk Space 150 MB per installation
Processor 500 MHz or faster
Hardware
CD-ROM drive,
RJ-45 Ethernet port, RS-232 serial port (optional)
Internet Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 5.0 and later
Netscape Navigator® 4.72 and later
Mozilla™ 1.02 and later
Safari®
Java 2 Runtime Environment to support web applet