Dell Unisphere for PowerMax 10.0.1.0 Installation Guide

Other requirements

• DNS must be configured correctly on the host.
• The host system must have connectivity to one or more storage systems to add users and set permissions in Unisphere.
• Unisphere for PowerMax can be installed on the same system as the SYMAPI server, or on a system connected to the SYMAPI server. For more information, see Figure 1 and Figure 2, respectively.

• To install PostgreSQL on Linux, a minimum of 2 GB of shared memory must be available.

  For more information about how to configure the size of a shared memory segment, using the shmmax kernel parameter, see the documentation for your operating system.

• If you are changing your SYMAPI connection type, such as changing from a local connection to a client/server configuration, you must perform a fresh installation.
• Before installing Unisphere for PowerMax on a host running Linux, ensure that the maximum number of open file descriptors that are allowed is at least 4096.
• For installations on Microsoft Windows, Unisphere must be installed on a volume which has Windows short file names (8dot3) enabled.

  To determine if short names are enabled for a volume, use:

  fsutil 8dot3name query Volume_Drive_Letter

  Return values are:

  Volume state = 0 (8dot3 is enabled)

  Volume state = 1 (disabled)

  To enable 8dot3, use:

  fsutil 8dot3name set Volume_Drive_Letter 0

  For example, to enable 8dot3 on the C drive

  fsutil 8dot3name set C: 0

• Ensure that your system is configured to use a supported operating system, language, and keyboard.
• Before installing Unisphere on a Microsoft Windows system, ensure that the language for the system location is correct to avoid indecipherable characters on the install screens. To check the language, go to Control Panel > Region and Language > Administrative tab > Language for non-Unicode programs.
• Unisphere for PowerMax supports Active Directory over LDAP and Open LDAP version 2.4 and later.