Software

Microsoft ® Windows 2000 Server (Standard and Advanced) with Service Pack 4 or greater*
                              -OR-
Microsoft ® Windows Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise) with Service Pack 1 or greater*

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package (available from Microsoft download site. Search by using keyword .NET.)

TCP/IP installed and configured.

Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater.

*64-bit editions are not supported. 

Hardware

• 700 MHz or greater CPU; Intel Pentium/Celeron family, AMD Athlon/Duron family
• Internet/LAN connection
• 2 or more Fibre Channel adapters or Ethernet network cards for iSCSI. Appropriate drivers must be installed
• 512 MB of RAM
• 65 MB available hard disk space
• Display VGA or higher resolution monitor
• Keyboard and mouse.
• 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 for additional hardware information.

Providing storage capacity to another application

• Direct-connected disk array (SCSI, Fibre Channel, SSA, SATA, or IDE)
• Fibre channel switch-connected
• Hub-connected disk array.

Configuring systems with greater than 4GB of RAM

If your storage server has greater than 4 GB of RAM, then the /PAE switch must be added to the appropriate line in boot.ini.

Before installing SANmelody, refer to the technical support site for complete information and updates.

Providing High Availability over iSCSI

Before installing or upgrading SANmelody, install the latest Microsoft Initiator package for iSCSI initiator from www.Microsoft.com on all storage servers to be used as initiators. This includes all storage servers to be used for mirroring over iSCSI, in which case, storage servers will act both as initiator and target.

Important Notes

• Before installing or upgrading, read all Release Notes, Errata, and Read Me sheets provided on our Web site and with the software.
• When installing SANmelody, log on to Windows as Administrator or as a member of the local Administrators group.
• Do not install SANmelody software on a Microsoft Cluster Node.
• System cannot have domain controller services installed.
• Do not change the computer name of a storage server once your configuration is established. The computer name cannot include an underscore.
• Configurations are governed by license and support parameters.