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SANmelody Prerequisites

SANmelody 3.0 System Requirements
Additional System Requirements for SANmelody 3.0

SANmelody™ System Requirements

The minimum hardware and software requirements for SANmelody are defined below. SANmelody options may drive additional requirements.


SANmelody 3.0 System Requirements

Software

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (Standard and Enterprise editions, 32-bit and 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard and Enterprise editions) are supported with SANmelody 3.0 PSP3 or later.

Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.5 Redistributable Package (Available from Microsoft download site, search using keyword .NET.)
* Note, on Windows 2008 R2, the .NET 3.5 Framework may be added indirectly by adding the Application Server role using Role Manager.

TCP/IP installed and configured.

Internet Explorer 7.0 or greater.


Hardware

PC Server (two for High Availability) with:

  • 1.4 GHz or greater x86 or x64 CPU (Itanium processors are not supported.)

  • 1 Boot drive/per server

  • 1 GB available hard disk space

  • 2 GB memory minimum

  • Internet/LAN connection

  • Two or more Fibre Channel adapters or Ethernet network cards for iSCSI.

  • Mouse/pointing device

  • Video card with minimum of 1024x768 resolution and "High-Color" or "True Color" modes (setting > 256 colors).

Note: These video card settings allow SANmelody graphics to display correctly. Lower color resolution will cause bitmaps to display incorrectly but will not affect the functionality of SANmelody.

Refer to the DataCore Qualification List on our Technical Support Web site for additional hardware information.

Additional System Requirements for SANmelody 3.0

Providing storage capacity to another application

       Any storage device that is qualified to work with Microsoft Windows, by
       extension, can be managed by SANmelody. For example, any of the following:

  • Directly-connected disk array (SCSI, F/C, iSCSI, SSA, SAS, SATA, ATA, or IDE)

  • Fibre channel switch-connected

  • Hub-connected disk array.

Important Notes

  • For storage servers with iSCSI connections using Windows 2008 R2, a Microsoft hotfix is available that resolves a problem for a potential system crash in the Microsoft iSCSI initiator driver. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979711/en-us
  • Windows 2008 Microsoft iSCSI Initiator HOTFIX: A Microsoft hotfix MUST be installed on all Windows 2008 based SANmelody storage servers and Windows 2008 application servers with iSCSI configured which does not have Windows 2008 SP2 installed. To download the hotfix, go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/961570/en-us. On the downloads page, select ‘Show hotfixes for all platforms and languages’. For Windows Server 2008 x86 storage servers, select Windows Vista x86 Fix258014. For Windows Server 2008 x64 storage servers, select Windows Vista x64 Fix258014.
  • Before installing read the Release Notes, and the Installation Guide provided with the software.
  • Do not install SANmelody software on a Microsoft Cluster Node.
  • System cannot have domain controller services installed.
  • Configurations are governed by license and support parameters.