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• Brocade SMI Agent (120.6.0 a) installed for SMI-S based data collection. For more information,
see the SMI-Agent user guide.
NOTE:
Brocade SMI-Agent installation is not mandatory for SAN Visibility data collection. If Brocade
SMI-Agent is not installed, then the collection takes place through SNMP (and Brocade APIs).
For more information on data collection methods, see
Data collection methods .
Table 2 lists the hardware requirements.
Table 2 Hardware requirements
Recommended Minimum
Pentium IV processor256 MB RAM100 Base-T Ethernet
port Pentium III processor128 MB RAM10 Base-T Ether-
net port
Supported operating systems
Supports Microsoft Windows system with any of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise edition with Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional edition with Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (x86)
• Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 (x86)
NOTE:
For installing SAN Visibility on a system running on Microsoft Vista, do one of the following:
• Install SAN Visibility in any directory other than the default directory: C:\program files.
• Disable User Account Control (UAC) on the system. For more information on how to disable
UAC, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691.aspx .
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