Quantum 2.4.1 User Manual

StorNext Storage Manager Requirements

Operating System Level Requirements

These tables list the required operating system levels required to successfully operate SNMS and 
StorNext FS 2.4.1.

StorNext Management Suite Requirements

Note

StorNext SM only runs on SGI IRIX, Red Hat Linux, and Sun Solaris operating 
systems.

Browser settings

Reload the StorNext GUI pages. Perform these steps to enable the page 
reload.

• In Netscape, click: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Cache.

Select Every Time and click OK.

• In Internet Explorer, click:

Tools > Internet Options > General > Settings > General. 
Under Settings, select Every visit to the page and click OK.

Server Memory

A minimum of 512 MB of RAM is required.

Server Hard Disk

Depending on file system activity, SNMS binaries, documentation, 
configuration, and log files require up to 30 GB of local hard disk space. An 
additional 500 MB of hard disk space is required per 1M managed files.

Client Hard Disk

StorNext FS requires 200 MB of hard disk space for binaries, 
documentation, configuration, and log files.

Solaris Solaris 

8, 

level 108528-09 or later

Solaris 9

IRIX

6.5.19f, 22f and 6.5.19m, 22m and 23m

Red Hat Linux

Uniprocessor or Multiprocessor, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced 
Server 3.0, Update 2, kernel levels 2.4.21-15.0.x.EL and 
2.4.21-15.0.x.ELsmp.

To build a loadable kernel module, both the kernel and kernel source RPM 
packages must be installed. To build and install the StorNext FS modules, 
install all tools necessary to build a kernel module (including compilers) on 
all Linux clients and server systems. To install these tools, obtain and install 
a patch (available from Red Hat).