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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 by the CMS, managed system, and network client.

Linux Central Management Server

This section contains the requirements for the Linux operating system that is used for the CMS.

Operating system  

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 3 32-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 3 AMD64/EM64T

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2 32-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2 AMD64/EM64T

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7 32-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7 AMD64/EM64T

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 32-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 AMD64/EM64T

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32-bit

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 AMD64/EM64T

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 32-bit

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 AMD64/EM64T

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 32-bit

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 AMD64/EM64T

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 32-bit

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 AMD64/EM64T

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 32-bit

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 AMD64/EM64T

NOTE: Many Linux distributions automatically install security layers such as a firewall and/or Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) that can interfere with the operation of HP SIM. Configurations in the support matrix are tested without these options enabled.HP SIM can run on a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) provided the following requirements are met. The VM must be hosted on an ESX 3.0.1 or later server and the VM configuration must meet HP SIM hardware requirements and the CPU and Memory resources allocated to this VM must be always available to this VM (by reserving CPU and Memory resources).Installing an HP SIM CMS on Linux Itanium Processor Family (IPF) is not supported. If you see the following error message, it is because you are attempting to manually install on an unsupported IPF system:

  • error: %pre(hpsim-C.05.02.00.00-1.i386) sciptlet failed, exit status 255

  • error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping hpsim-C.05.02.00.00-1

Hardware  

  • Any HP IA-32 AMD64 or EM64T system with the following configuration:

    • Minimum: 1.5-GHz processor and 1 GB RAM

    • Recommended: 2.4-GHz processor and 2 GB RAM

  • Any HP system with Oracle 9i installed minimum 4 GB RAM

  • Free disk space:

    • 2 MB for CMS (/)

    • 400 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 Itanium-based systems

Software  

  • General:

    • OpenSSH version 1.0 or later

    • ProLiant Support Pack for Linux 7.00 or later

    • (Optional) Oracle 9i release 2

    • 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.

  • For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9:

    • MIT Kerbros krb5-1.6-18.2

  • Browser software:

    • Firefox 2.0.0.20

    • Firefox 3.0.4

Networking  

  • Static or dynamic host name resolution

    NOTE: On Linux, look for the entry 127.0.0.1 localhost, the local system IP address, and the system name in the /etc/hosts file. If they are not present, add the entries manually.

  • SNMP

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

Software  This software is not required, but if you want improved management capabilities, HP recommends that you install these components.

For Linux:

  • SSH

  • ProLiant Support Pack for Linux 7.0 or later

  • SNMP (recommended as an alternative to WBEM)

This software is not required, but if you want improved HP SIM capabilities, HP recommends that you install these components, which can be purchased or downloaded from many software suppliers:

  • SSH Client

  • X Window Server

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.

SSH requirements

SSH is locally configured during HP SIM local installation on the CMS.

Custom tools on the Tools menu require SSH version 1.0 or later on the CMS to run properly. These commands run on the CMS with environment variables set to the context of specific events or devices.

You can install and configure SSH version 1.0 or later on each of the managed systems and have HP SIM exchange keys with the managed systems (through the mxagentconfig command or for Windows, through the Install SSH task). If you do this, then the Command Line Tools option on the Tools menu works for these managed systems. If you choose not to configure it to work with remote SSH clients, then these commands fail. There is no other loss of functionality without SSH.

Foreign language support

Table 2-1 Linux language support

Operating systemCMSManaged nodePostGre SQLOracle 9i (Standard and Enterprise)Oracle 10g
Red Hat EL 3 Japanese •   
Red Hat EL 4 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T with Update 6 or 7 Japanese••8.2.19.2.0810.2.0.1
Red Hat EL 5 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T with Update 2 or 3 Japanese••8.2.19.2.0810.2.0.1
Red Hat EL 5 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T with Update 1 Japanese •8.2.1  
SLES 9 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T with SP4 Japanese••8.2.19.2.0810.2.0.1
SLES 10 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T with SP2 Japanese••8.2.19.2.0810.2.0.1
SLES 10 32-bit, AMD64, and EM64T with SP1 Japanese •   

 



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