Managed system requirements and recommendations

This section contains requirements and recommendations for managed systems.

Operating systems

Windows managed systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise for x86 and x64 (32-bit mode)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise Core for x86 and x64 (32-bit mode)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Datacenter Core, Web Edition, and for Itanium-based systems
Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise for x86 with Service Pack 2 and x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DataCenter with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard for x64 with Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise for x86 and x64 with Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Edition for x86 with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 Small-Medium Business for x86 with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 SMB Business for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 or later for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 for x86
Microsoft Windows NT4 with Service Pack 6
Microsoft Windows Vista Client
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1or later
Microsoft Windows Virtual Server
VMware ESX v3.0.01 or later running guest on x86
Integrity Virtual Machine for Windows running guest on Windows
VMware GSX

HP-UX managed systems

HP-UX 11i v3 (IA/PA)
HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (IA/PA)
HP-UX 11i v2 (IA only)
HP-UX 11i
Integrity Virtual Machine HP-UX running guest on HP-UX 11i v2 and v3

Linux managed systems

Red Hat Linux 9
Red Hat Linux 8
Red Hat Linux 7.3 Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86 with Update 1, AMD64 and EM64T with Update 1, and Itanium-based systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86 with Update 6, AMD64 and EM64T with Update 6, and Itanium-based systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 x86 with Update 9, AMD64 and EM64T with Update 9, and Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86, AMD64 and EM64T with Service Pack 1, and Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 with Service Pack 4, AMD64 and EM64T with Service Pack 4, and Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for United Linux 1.0 and Itanium-based systems
Integrity Virtual Machine Linux running guest on Linux
VMware GSX
VMware ESX 3.5




	NOTE: Operating systems with only IPX enabled are not identified by an HP-UX or Linux Central Management Server.

Novell managed systems

Netware 6.5
Netware 6.0

SUN managed systems

Solaris 9 Intel Platform
Solaris 8 Intel Platform

IBM managed systems

OS/2

HP managed systems

Tru64
NSK
OpenVMS

Hardware

For HP-UX:

Any HP PA-RISC system
Any HP Itanium®-based system

For Windows:

Any HP x86 system
Any HP x64 system

For Linux:

Any HP x86 system
Any HP x64 system
Any HP Itanium-based system

Required web browsers

For Windows:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (with Service Pack 2) or later
Firefox 1.5.0.12
Firefox 2.0.0.4

Note: For optimum performance, the minimum resolution for the browser should be 1024 x 768.

For HP-UX:

Firefox 1.5.0.12
Firefox 2.0.0.4

For Linux:

Firefox 1.5.0.12
Firefox 2.0.0.4

Note: For all Internet Explorer browsers, you must have the SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0 browser security options enabled for HP SIM to work properly.

Managed storage system

To view the latest information regarding HP SIM support for a particular storage system, including Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel host bus adapters), see the HP SIM SMI-S Provider web page at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers.

This webpage also offers information on obtaining and installing SMI-S providers.

Managed system requirements and recommendations

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