Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager version 6.0
Minimum System Requirements for the Management Server:

Windows based Management Server:

Hitachi Device Manager Server 6.0 or later must be installed on the same system.

• Operating systems (non-cluster environment) supported:
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (x64), Standard x64 Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (x64), Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (x64), Datacenter x64 Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64), Standard x64 Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64), Enterprise x64 Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (x64), Datacenter x64 Edition
  • Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2) or later
  • Windows Vista x86 – Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Editions
• Operating systems (cluster environment) supported:
  • Windows Server 2003, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter Editions (32 bit and x64)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
• Additional Cluster requirements:
  • Cluster software: Microsoft Cluster Server
  • Number of nodes: 2
  • Cluster configuration: Active-Standby configuration
  • Caution: On all nodes that make up a cluster, the disk configuration must be the same, and the installation folder for the Hitachi Device Manager software server must have the same name (including the drive letter and path name).
• Server machine requirements:
  • Monitor: SVGA (800 x 600) or greater
  • CPU: minimum 1GHz (2 GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 1GB (2GB recommended)
  • Disk capacity: 250MB (5GB recommended, more for larger sets of managed storage units)

Sun Solaris (SPARC edition) based Management Server:

• Operating systems (non-cluster environment) supported:
  • Solaris 8
    • All of the patch programs recommended at the following URL are required: http://patches.sun.com/clusters/J2SE_Solaris_8_Recommended.README. The following patches are also required:
      • 108652-59
      • 108714-07
      • 108827-30
      • 111293-04
      • 121972-04
  • Solaris 9
    • The following patch is required:
      • 118335-08
  • Solaris 10
    • Do not apply the following OS patches in a Solaris 10 environment:
      • SPARC : 127111-02 and 127111-03
      • x64 : 127112-02 and 127112-03
    • The Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager server only works in an ordinary global environment (global zone). If you have created a zone (non-global zone), make sure that you install the Tiered Storage Manager server in the global zone.
• Operating systems (cluster environment) supported:
  • Solaris 9
  • VERITAS Cluster Server 4.0 or Sun Cluster 3.1
• Server machine requirements:
  • CPU: 1GHz (2GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 1GB (2GB recommended)
  • Disk capacity: 1GB (5GB recommended)
• Common Management Server requirements:
  • Hitachi Device Manager server software version 5.9 (or later)
• Requirements if Mainframe storage integration is used:
  • Hitachi Device Manager Mainframe Agent 5.9 or later
  • Hitachi Device Manager server software version 5.5.0 (or later)
• Requirements if Hitachi Tuning Manager integration is used:
  • Hitachi Tuning Manager software 5.0.0 or later
    WARNING: Do not install Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager software and Hitachi Tuning Manager software ('Large database' setting) on the same management server
  • Hitachi Tuning Manager - Agent for RAID 4.0.0 or later

Minimum System Requirements for the Management Client

• Operating systems supported:
  • Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 3) or later
  • Windows 2000 Server (Service Pack 3) or later
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server (Service Pack 3) or later
  • Windows 2000 Data Center Server (Service Pack 3) or later
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Standard Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit), Datacenter Edition
  • Windows XP Professional
  • Windows Vista (32-bit)
  • Solaris 8 (SPARC edition)
  • Solaris 9 (SPARC edition)
  • Solaris 10 (SPARC edition)
  • HP-UX 11i V1.0
  • HP-UX 11i V2.0
  • HP-UX 11i V3.0
• Management Client requirements:
  • Internet Explorer® version 6.0 for Windows
  • Internet Explorer® version 6.0 (Service Pack 1) for Windows
  • Internet Explorer® version 7.0 for Windows
  • Mozilla 1.4 for Solaris (SPARC edition)
  • Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris (SPARC edition)
  • Mozilla 1.7.8 for HP-UX
  • Mozilla 1.7.12.01 for HP-UX
  • Mozilla 1.7.13.01 for HP-UX
• CLI Client requirements:
  • Windows environments:
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 06 or later
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5.0 Build 07 or later
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 03-b02
      • Delivered with Device Manager
  • Solaris environments:
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 06 or later
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5.0 Build 07 or later
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 03-b02
      • Delivered with Device Manager
  • HP-UX environments:
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 08 or later
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 5.0 Build 03 or later
    • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 Build 03-b02
      • Delivered with Device Manager

Storage Subsystems Applicable to Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager software:

• Domain Controllers:
  • Subsystem:
    • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
    • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
    • Network Storage Controller model NSC55
      
• External Storage Subsystems:
  • Hitachi Lightning 9900™ V Series enterprise storage systems
  • Hitachi Thunder 9500™ V Series modular storage systems
  • Hitachi Lightning 9900 enterprise storage systems
  • Hitachi Lightning 9900V enterprise storage systems
  • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform
  • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V
  • Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM
  • Adaptable Modular Storage
  • Workgroup Modular Storage
    In addition to the above storage subsystems, storage subsystems that are supported by the Universal Storage Platform external storage connection can also be managed.