EMC CX700 User Manual

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EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700  Initialization Guide
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Requirements for Initial Setup
Requirements for Initial Setup
To set up and initialize the storage systems, you will need the 
following: 
General Requirements
❑ A CX700, CX500, or CX300 storage system with two storage 
processors (SPs) that have the required FLARE
 software and 
EMC Navisphere
®
 Agent installed on them.
Note
 Navisphere is a member of the EMC ControlCenter
 family of 
products.
❑ A NULL modem cable, with 9-pin, female-male to female-male 
connectors (supplied with each storage system).
❑ A crossover LAN cable (supplied with each storage system).
❑ For a CX500, you will need the RJ45/DB9 serial adapter that 
shipped with the storage system.
Working Installation Requirements
❑ A Windows
®
, Linux
®
, Solaris
, AIX
®
, HP-UX
®
, IRIX
®
Tru64
®
 UNIX
®
, or NetWare
®
 host
❑ Fibre Channel switches (not required for a direct attach)
❑ Cables connected 
❑ TCP/IP network
❑ Properly configured management workstation(s)
Refer to the EMC Navisphere Manager 6.X Release Notes for the version of 
the Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) and web browser required to 
manage your system. With the proper browser and JRE, you can manage 
the storage systems from any server that shares a LAN with your storage 
system’s domain. (Note that the Navisphere Management User Interface 
(UI) is required on at least one system in the domain.) 
Support
 
> Document Library 
and find the release 
notes.