Please complete this 3-step checklist before attempting to install MultiLink:

Step 1

To run this software you must have one of the following operating system environments:

• Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, 2000, NT 4.0 w/SP5 or later, Me (Millennium Edition) or 98 with a 333 MHz Intel Pentium II-class processor
• Novell NetWare 6.0+ server with JAVA and NETDB modules loaded
• SunSoft Solaris version 7, 8 or 9 on an UltraSPARC processor
• Hewlett Packard HP-UX 11.0+
• IBM AIX 5.0+ for RISC System/6000
• Linux for Intel, version 2.4.18+ Kernel
  

Step 2

Check the requirements specific to each operating system below.

Windows

• Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, 2000, NT 4.0 w/SP5 or later, Me (Millennium Edition) or 98 with a 333 MHz Intel Pentium II-class processor
• 333 MHz Intel Pentium II-class processor
• 40 MB of free disk space (during installation, the Windows' partition must have an additional 50 MB free)
• Memory requirements:
• 256 MB of RAM—Windows 2000 Server/NT Server, XP Professional
• 128 MB of RAM—Windows 2000 Professional, NT Workstation
• 64 MB of RAM—Windows Me/98
• A mouse or other pointing device
• TCP/IP network protocol
• Display adapter configured for at least 256 colors

Go on to Step 3.

Novell Netware

• NetWare 6.0+ server with JAVA and NETDB modules loaded
• 35 MB of free disk space on SYS: volume
• Novell’s NetWare Client on Windows XP, 2000, NT™, or 98 on an Intel Pentium-class processor:

Novell's Client for Microsoft Windows (in English) are available at the following link:

http://download.novell.com/pages/PublicSearch.jsp

• Read/write access to SYS:\System\
• (SYS must be mapped to a drive on the client for installation and for operating the MultiLink Viewer)
• 50 MB of free disk space in the client’s %TEMP% directory for installation
• A mouse or other pointing device on the client workstation
• TCP/IP network protocol
• Novell Java Virtual Machine (JVM) v1.4.2_04 (build 04020315 or a higher build)

To find out if you have a Java Virtual Machine loaded on your server and what version it is, type the following line in the system console:

modules java

Java Runtime Environment (Virtual Machine) and upgrades (if needed) are available free at the following link:

Novell NetWare:      http://developer.novell.com/ndk/jvm-index.htm

Please note that Novell requires the latest support packs to be loaded to support Java. More information is at the Novell web site by following the link above.

 

Go on to Step 3.

 

Solaris

• SunSoft Solaris version 7, 8 or 9 on an UltraSPARC processor
• Appropriate patches applied to the operating system.  For patches required to run Java 1.4.2, see:

        http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/J2SE

• 45 MB of free disk space (during installation, the /tmp partition must have 80 MB free)

• 256MB of RAM
  

• Common Desktop Environment or Sun OpenWindows (X Window System)

• A mouse or other pointing device

• TCP/IP network protocol

Go on to Step 3.

HP-UX

• HP-UX 11.0+
• Appropriate patches applied to operating system. For patches required to run Java 1.4.2, see: http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/patches/index.html
• Common Desktop Environment (X Window System)
• TCP/IP network protocol
• 60 MB of free disk space on the partition where MultiLink will be installed (during installation, the /tmp directory must have 100 MB free)
• A mouse or other pointing device
• 256 MB of RAM
  
• A minimum of 90 threads per process. This is the kernel parameter max_thread_proc which can be viewed or modified using SAM.
• HP recommends mid-range N class and low-end L-class systems and PA-8500-based workstations to obtain optimal performance when running Java applications. The recommended minimum system for running Java applications is a PA-RISC 2.0 system or a PA-RISC 1.1 system with a floating-point coprocessor. For information on setting important system parameters required for correct execution of Java programs, go to http://www.hp.com/go/JAVA

Go on to Step 3.

AIX

Go on to Step 3.

Linux

Most recent popular Linux distributions meet these requirements.

MultiLink has been tested with both KDE and Gnome desktop environments.

Go on to Step 3.

Step 3

If you intend to connect your UPS to a serial port on the computer on which MultiLink will be installed, you will need to make or purchase a custom cable for the software to work. Ordinary serial cables will not work! We have provided instructions for making a cable from parts available at most electronic parts stores.

If you decide to purchase a cable instead of building one, you can contact your local Sola/Hevi-Duty Representative, Value-Added Reseller or distributor and ask to purchase a MultiLink UPS cable. 

For help finding a representative, click here.

Cable part numbers are as follows:  

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