System Requirements

System requirements for Sun Storage Common Array Manager software are described in the following sections:

Sun Storage Common Array Manager software supports the following Sun storage systems:

Table 1-3 Supported Web Browsers

Browser	Supported Version
Firefox	3.0 and higher
Microsoft Internet Explorer	9.0, 8.0

For best web browser performance:

Enable pop‐up windows.
Specify No Proxy for the Sun Storage Common Array Manager host to avoid situations where your browser might hang, time out, or generate error messages. From Preferences > Advanced > Proxies (or a similar path, depending on your browser), add the Sun Storage Common Array Manager management host name to the “No Proxy for” section.
Recent Firefox versions might require you to accept and add a security certificate prior to bringing up the authentication page.

Because locales are part of the installation, there is no need to download additional software other than appropriate patches.

For Solaris, Linux, and Windows, the Browser User Interface (BUI) is available in:

Command-line interface (CLI) is available in:

Online help is available in:

Man pages are available in:

See How to Get the Software for instructions on downloading patches.

To obtain patches using Solaris, install Solaris 10 Update 9.

The mpt_sas driver requires these patches:

The mpt_sas driver also requires this Solaris 10 update:

See http://www.lsi.com/support/sun for information about LSI HBA packages.

Table 1-4 Management Host Operating System Support

Operating System	OS Version	Notes
Solaris OS	Solaris 10 OS U10 and U9
Solaris OS	Solaris 11 Express 2010.11	Only the F5100 proxy agent is supported on this platform. Solaris 11 Express is not supported with the 2500 series and 6000 series arrays.
Linux	Oracle Linux 6.0, 5.6, and 5.5	Supports UEK as a kernel option. Before installing CAM on Oracle Linux 6.0 hosts, you must install the packages listed in the “Linux OS Requirements” section of the Sun Storage Common Array Manager Installation and Setup Guide.
	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, 5.6, and 5.5	Before installing CAM on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 hosts, you must install the packages listed in the “Linux OS Requirements” section of the Sun Storage Common Array Manager Installation and Setup Guide.
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1 SP1 and 10.4 SP3
Oracle VM	Oracle VM 2.2.2	Management host (out-of-band) support only
Windows	Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2
	Windows 2003 R2 SP2	Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit
	Windows XP Pro SP3	Management host (out-of-band) support only
	Windows 7	Management host (out-of-band) support only

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	Sun Storage Common Array Manager Software Release Notes, Release 6.9.0, June 2013 Update