ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 14.1 Installation Guide

D.1.3 Differences between SSC and ESC, and Operation Design

For the functional differences, refer to "1.5 Function comparison of ESC and SSC" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser User's Guide. Differences in the operation design from SSC are explained as follows:

• Supported OS

  The ESC Manager supports operation in the following OS.

  Platform	Supported OS
  Solaris	Solaris 8 OS Solaris 9 OS Solaris 10 OS
  Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for Intel64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (for Intel Itanium) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (for x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (for Intel64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (for Intel Itanium) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (for x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (for Intel64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (for Intel Itanium) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (for x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (for Intel64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (for x86) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (for Intel64)
  Windows	Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 Standard (32-bit)(64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (32-bit)(64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (32-bit)(64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V (32-bit)(64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V (32-bit)(64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V (32-bit)(64-bit) Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Server (SP1 or later version) Windows 2000 Advanced Server (SP1 or later version) Windows 2000 Professional (SP1 or later version)

  The ESC Client supports operation in the environment of "5.1.2.1 Required basic software". It does not support operation in the Windows NT environment.

• Supported cluster software

  The ESC Manager does not support operation in the SafeCLUSTER environment.

• Network requirements

  Communication between the Manager and the Client will change as described in the following table. You must review the network settings, such as that of the firewall, as required.

  Product	Port/Protocol	Direction of communication
  SSC	Invariant/tcp	Both directions
  ESC	23456/tcp	From the Client to the Manager

• Systemwalker Centric Manager link function

  The link function does not support linkage to Systemwalker Centric Manager versions earlier than V11.

  To use the link function to Systemwalker Centric Manager, you must reset the administrative client after the upgrade to ESC. Refer to "D.3.11 Resetting Systemwalker Centric Manager Link Function After Upgrade" for details. When ESC is called from the node popup menu of the Systemwalker Centric Manager administrative client, the ESC user authentication cannot be omitted.