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HiPath 3000 V5.0, HiPath 5000 V5.0, Service Manual
6-9
HiPath 5000 Startup and Administration
Installation Requirements
6.5 Installation Requirements
To use HiPath 5000, the following minimum requirements must be met:
● Hardware and software
● Licenses
Information on features, interfaces, and products subject to mandatory licensing can be
found in Chapter 8, “Licensing”.
● RAM requirements of the HiPath 5000 server
Table 6-3 can be used to determine the required RAM expansion (RAM space) of the Hi-
Path 5000 server depending on the number of nodes in the HiPath 3000/5000 network and
the applications installed on the server.
Table 6-2 HW and SW Minimum Requirements for HiPath 5000
Component New system Upgrade an existing system
to V5.0
Processor 3 GHz CPU Pentium III 1 GHz
RAM space See Table 6-3 See Table 6-3
Hard disk 80 GB 18 GB
Operating system MS Windows Server 2000 or
MS Windows Server 2003
MS Windows Server 2000
Interfaces 2 x serial 2 x serial
Slots free PCI slots (for S
0
/S
2M
boards for HPCO and HiPath
Xpressions)
free PCI slots (for S
0
/S
2M
boards for HPCO and HiPath
Xpressions)
Drives 3.5-inch floppy disk drive
CD-ROM/DVD drive
3.5-inch floppy disk drive
CD-ROM/DVD drive
Network card 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet net-
work card
10/100 Mbps Ethernet network
card
Monitor 17-inch color monitor 17-inch color monitor