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This section identifies the hardware and software requirements and recommendations for HP Systems Insight Manager. These requirements are broken into sections for the CMS, managed system, and network client.

HP-UX Central Management Server

This section contains the requirements for the operating system that is used for the HP-UX CMS.

Operating system  

  • HP-UX 11i (11.11)

  • HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (11.23 IA/PA)

  • HP-UX 11i V3

  • Integrity Virtual Machine running guest with HP-UX 11i v2

  • Integrity Virtual Machine running guest with HP-UX 11i v3

NOTE: The HP SIM CMS cannot run on an HPVM host.The required patches must be installed for each of these operating systems. Refer to “HP-UX patches” for more information.

Hardware  

  • Any HP system (PA-RISC 2.0 or Integrity) server with a minimum of 2 GB RAM (3 GB for HP-UX 11i v3)

  • Any HP system with Oracle installed with a minimum of 4 GB RAM

  • Free disk space:

    • 20 MB for CMS (/)

    • 600 MB for the CMS and DTF agent (/opt)

    • 500 MB minimum recommended for data (/var/opt)

  • Swap space:

    • 3 GB minimum total swap space for PA-RISC systems

    • 4 GB minimum total swap space for Intel® Itanium®-based systems

Software  

  • OpenSSH installed

  • HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, installed and active

  • (Optional) Oracle 9i release 2

  • (Optional) Oracle 10g version 10.2.0.1 or later

    NOTE: Oracle supports 5,000 systems and 50,000 events.

  • HP SIM private version of PostgresSQL (hpsmdb)

    NOTE: hpsmdb supports 500 systems and 5,000 events.

  • Java Out-of-Box installed (shipped as optional selectable software as part of the operating system)

Browser software:

  • Firefox 2.0.0.20

  • Firefox 3.0.4

Networking  Properly configured and working Domain Name System (DNS).

NOTE: HP Integrity VMs do not support running an application at the same level as the host.If running OpenView NNM or OpenView Operations on the same system, the SNMP trap listening port must be changed in those products to function properly. Refer to the OpenView product documentation in the Integrating HP SIM 5.0 with HP OpenView Select Access white paper at http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html.Legacy Novell systems with only an IPX network enabled will not be manageable by an HP-UX CMS. An IP-based network must be available.If you are using Network Information Services (NIS), ping localhost and if you receive no response, create or edit the file /etc/nsswitch.conf and add the following entry in the file: hosts: files dns nis. If NIS server is not in the network, do not add the nis entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf.

HP-UX patches

There are required patches that must be installed to run HP Systems Insight Manager. All patches should be installed before running HP Systems Insight Manager. In particular, all patches that are required to support the Java that HP SIM uses must be installed.

NOTE: To determine the Java version installed, execute:

/opt/mx/j2re/bin/java –version

Currently, the product is shipped with Java 1.5 (or Java 5.0) Runtime Environment.

NOTE: For more information about java patches, go to http://www.hp.com/go/java, and select Patches from the Site information. This site determines the recommended patches for the Java application. Follow the instructions given. To download all of the patches, go to the ITRC download center (login required). For more information on individual patches, click the patch name.

Downloading and installing individual HP-UX patches

To download patches:

  1. Browse to the patch database:

    http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

  2. Click the HP-UX link.

  3. Select the appropriate hardware and operating system. For example, 800 and 11.11.

  4. Select Search by Patch IDs, enter the patch IDs, and click search.

  5. Select the patches, and click add to selected patch list at the bottom of the page to add dependent patches.

  6. Click download selected, and follow the directions on the screen. HP recommends the gzip package format.

To install patches:

  1. Create a /var/tmp/patches directory, and copy the downloaded patches into that directory.

  2. Execute:

    gunzip patch_file

    tar -xvf patch_file

  3. Load the patches into /var/tmp/patches/depot:

    ./create_depot_hp-ux_11

  4. Install the patches:

    swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s /var/tmp/patches/depot \*

    Only the applicable patch file sets are loaded. Continue with the installation after you reboot.

Managed system requirements and recommendations

This section contains requirements and recommendations for managed systems.

Operating systems

  • Windows managed systems

    • Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition

    • Windows Server 2008, Standard Core

    • Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition

    • Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Core

    • Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition

    • Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Core

    • Windows Server 2008, Web Edition

    • Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based systems

    • Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium based systems

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1 for Itanium based systems

    • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP2 for Itanium-based systems

    • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition SP1

    • Microsoft Windows Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 with SP1

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based systems

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition SP1 for Itanium-based systems

    • Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition SP2 for Itanium-based systems

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition SP2

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition SP1

    • Windows Server 2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition SP2

    • Windows 2000 Server, SP1

    • Windows 2000 Server, SP2

    • Windows 2000 Server, SP3

    • Windows 2000 Server, SP4

    • Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP4

    • Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

    • Windows NT4 Service Pack 6

    • Windows Small Business Server 2003

    • Windows Small Business Server 2003, SP1

    • Windows Small Business Server 2003, SP2

    • Windows Vista Business, 32-bit

    • Windows Vista Business SP1, 32-bit

    • Windows Vista Business, 64-bit

    • Windows Vista Business SP1, 64-bit

    • Windows Vista Enterprise, 32-bit

    • Windows Vista Enterprise SP1, 32-bit

    • Windows Vista Enterprise, 64-bit

    • Windows Vista Enterprise SP1, 64-bit

    • Windows XP Professional, SP1

    • Windows XP Professional, SP2

    • Windows XP Professional, SP3

    • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, SP1

    • Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit)

    • Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2008 Standard and Enterprise (32-bit)

  • HP-UX and HP NonStop Kernel managed systems

    • HP-UX 11i v1

    • HP-UX 11i v2 (IA only)

    • HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (IA/PA)

    • HP-UX 11i v3

    • HP Tru64 UNIX

    • HP NonStop Kernel

    • OpenVMS

  • Linux managed systems

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.3 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T

    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.2 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T

    • Red Hat Linux 9

    • Red Hat Linux 8

    • Red Hat Linux 7.3 Workstation

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF Update 1

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 2

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 3

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 4

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 5

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 6

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 7

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with Update 9

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with SP1

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with SP2

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with SP1

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with SP2

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with SP3

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 32-bit, AMD64, EM64T, and IPF with SP4

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for United Linux 1.0 and Itanium-based systems

    • VMware GSX 3.2

    • VMware GSX 3.2.1

    • Citrix XenServer Enterprise

  • VMware managed systems

    • VMware ESX Server 2.5.5, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3.0.1, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3.0.2, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3i Update 1

    • VMware ESX Server 3i Update 2

    • VMware ESX Server 3i Update 3

    • VMware ESX Server 3i Update 4

    • VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 2, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 3, ESX host

    • VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 4, ESX host

    • VMware GSX Server 3.2

    • VMware GSX Server 3.2.1

    • HP Integrity Virtual Machine for Windows running guest on HP-UX host

    • HP Integrity Virtual Machine for Linux running guest on HP-UX host

    • HP Integrity Virtual Machine for HP-UX 11i v2 running guest on HP-UX host

    • HP Integrity Virtual Machine for HP-UX 11i v3 running guest on HP-UX host

    • Citrix XenServer Enterprise

  • Novell managed systems

    • Netware 6.5

    • Netware 6.0

  • SUN managed systems

    • Solaris 9 Sparc

    • Solaris 10 Sparc

    • Solaris 8 Intel Platform

    • Solaris 9 Intel Platform

    • Solaris 10 Intel Platform

  • IBM managed systems

    • AIX

Hardware  

  • For HP-UX:

    • Any HP PA-RISC system

    • Any HP Itanium®-based system

  • For Windows:

    • Any HP ProLiant system

  • For Linux:

    • Any HP ProLiant system

    • Any HP Itanium-based system

Required web browsers  

  • For Windows:

    • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (with Service Pack 2) or later

    • Firefox 2.0.0.20

    • Firefox 3.0.4

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

  • For HP-UX:

    • Firefox 2.0.0.20

  • For Linux:

    • Firefox 2.0.0.20

    • Firefox 3.0.4

    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.

Foreign language support

Table 2-1 HP-UX language support

Operating systemCMSManaged nodePostGre SQLOracle 9i (Standard and Enterprise)Oracle 10g
HP-UX 11i v1 Japanese••7.4.29.2.0.810.2.0.1
HP-UX 11i v2 Japanese •7.4.2  
HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (11.23 PI) Japanese••7.4.29.2.0.810.2.0.1
HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31 IA/PA) Japanese••7.4.29.2.0.810.2.0.1

 



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