Minimum Hardware Configuration - Cisco Catalyst 3550 series Software Configuration Manual

Configuring CMS

Minimum Hardware Configuration

The minimum PC requirement is a Pentium processor running at 233 MHz with 64 MB of DRAM. The
minimum UNIX workstation requirement is a Sun Ultra 1 running at 143 MHz with 64 MB of DRAM.
Table 3-2
Table 3-2
OS
Windows NT 4.0
Solaris 2.5.1 or
higher
1. Service Pack 3 or higher is required.
Operating System and Browser Support
You can access the CMS interface by using the operating systems and browsers listed in
checks the browser version when starting a session to ensure that the browser is supported.
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Operating System
Windows 98
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Solaris 2.5.1 or later
1. Netscape Communicator version 6.0 is not supported.
2. Service Pack 1 or higher is required for Internet Explorer 5.5.
Browser Plug-In Requirements
You need to install a browser plug-in to run CMS.
Windows
For Windows platforms, the CMS plug-in is required to run CMS. For more information about the CMS
plug-in, including the URL, see the "Software Compatibility" section in the release notes.
If you need to both upgrade your web browser and install the CMS plug-in, you must upgrade your
Note
browser first. If you install the CMS plug-in and then upgrade your browser, the plug-in is not registered
with the new browser.
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Software Configuration Guide
3-8
lists the minimum platforms for running CMS.
Minimum Hardware Configuration
Processor Speed
1
Pentium 300 MHz
SPARC 333 MHz
Supported Operating Systems and Browsers
Minimum Service Pack or Patch
Second Edition
Service Pack 3 or later
None
None
Sun-recommended patch cluster
for the OS and Motif library patch
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DRAM Number of Colors
128 MB 65,536
128 MB Most colors for
applications
Netscape
Communicator
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.0
Chapter 3 Getting Started with CMS
Resolution Font Size
1024 x 768 Small
— Small (3)
Table 3-3. CMS
Microsoft Internet
1 2
Explorer
5.5 or 6.0
5.5 or 6.0
5.5 or 6.0
5.5 or 6.0
Not supported
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