Meeting Remote Management Requirements

Make sure that all the recommended common hardware and software requirements listed in Meeting Basic ZfS Installation Requirements are met.

In addition to the basic ZfS installation requirements, the following requirements must be met for full Remote Management functionality:

Requirement Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements

Management Server

See Policy and Distribution Services Minimum Requirements for Windows Servers .

Management Console

  • IP protocol stack
  • Internet Explorer 5.x or later

See ConsoleOne Workstation Requirements .

Managed Server

  • NetWare 4.2/5.0/5.1/6
  • Windows NT/2000
  • 2 MB hard disk space on the drive where Windows is installed
  • Internet Explorer 5.x or later
  • If you want to install the policy enforcer, you must install JVM 1.3.1 or higher and Policy and Distribution Services on your managed server

IMPORTANT:  For Windows servers, the server's DNS short name must be the same as the server's name. Either rename Windows servers where the server's name does not match its DNS short name before running the installation, or do not select these servers for installing Remote Management.



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