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About this guide
This guide discusses the HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility software and provides information
to help you:
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Understand HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility
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Determine prerequisites for installing HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility
•
Install, configure, use, troubleshoot, and uninstall HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility
Intended audience
This guide is intended for customers and HP authorized service providers who use the HP StorageWorks
Essentials SAN Visibility software to obtain Storage Area Network analysis reports.
Prerequisites
Following are the prerequisites to install and run HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility:
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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, s
.
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To use the HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility 3.1 software, following are the necessary
applications that must be installed on a host where HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Visibility is
installed:
• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) SE v1.5 Update 1 or higher
• Microsoft Excel viewer
• Microsoft Visio viewer
• Brocade SMI-Agent (120.6.0 a) installed for SMI-S based data collection. For more information,
see the SMI-Agent user guide.
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