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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. Windows Central Management Server | |
This section contains the minimum requirements for the Windows operating system that is used for the CMS. Operating system
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard 64-bit (32-bit mode) Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Enterprise 64-bit (32-bit mode) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Small Business SP2 (IA32) Microsoft Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2 32-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2 32-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 32-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 32-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode) Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 64-bit (32-bit mode) VMware ESX v3.0.1 running guest Windows 32 VMware ESX v3.0.2 running guest Windows 32 VMware ESX v3.0.3 running guest Windows 32 VMware ESX v3.5 Update 2 running guest Windows 32 VMware ESX v3.5 Update 3 running guest Windows 32 VMware ESX v3i Update 2 running guest Windows 32 VMware ESX v3i Update 3 running guest Windows 32 Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise (x86) Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2008 Standard and Enterprise (x86) The Central Management Server supports Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 International Server - French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese (latest service pack available for each language).
Hardware
Any HP ProLiant x86 or x64 system with the following configuration: Minimum: 1.5-GHz processor with 1 GB RAM 500 MB free disk space recommended
Software
Database software: SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Service Pack 2 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2 (remote or local) Oracle 9i Standard or Enterprise Oracle 10g version 10.2.0.1 or later
Browser software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 2
Networking
Static or dynamic host name resolution
| | | |  | IMPORTANT: The Windows server must have at least one partition formatted for the NT File System (NTFS) on which the HP SIM server software is to be installed. NTFS provides the ability to restrict file access based on user accounts and groups. Without NTFS, the CMS cannot be adequately secured against unauthorized access, and potentially sensitive operations and data could be made available to unauthorized users. | | | | |
HP SIM 5.3 Windows Virtual Machine support | |
You can run HP SIM 5.3 on a Windows Virtual Machine (VM) provided the following requirements are met:
The VM must be hosted on an ESX 3.0.1 or later server 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).
VM general support information: HP Integrity VMs do not support running an application at the same level as the host. HP Remote Support Pack, including the Remote Support Software Manager, is not supported on Virtual Machines. The required Windows service packs must be installed for each of these operating systems. HP Remote Support Pack (RSP) is not supported on Windows XP Professional. If you install HP SIM on Windows XP Professional, you cannot use RSP. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is only supported if HP SIM is running on Windows Server 2003. You cannot run Internet Explorer 6.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0 simultaneously. However, if you uninstall Internet Explorer 7.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 is restored.
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 Edition SP1 Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition (32-bit mode) Windows Server 2008, Standard Core Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition SP1 Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition (32-bit mode) Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Core 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 SP2 (32-bit mode) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP1 Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition SP2 Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition (32-bit mode) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition SP1 (32-bit mode) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 (32-bit mode) 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 Advanced Server, SP2 Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP3 Windows 2000 Advanced Server, SP4 Windows 2000 Datacenter, SP2 or later Windows NT4 Service Pack 6 Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition SP1 Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition SP2 Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition SP1 Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition SP2 Windows Vista Business, 32-bit Windows Vista Business, 64-bit Windows Vista Enterprise, 32-bit Windows Vista Enterprise, 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 (x86) Microsoft Hyper-V running guest Windows 2008 Standard and Enterprise (x86)
| | | |  | NOTE: Operating systems with only IPX enabled are not identified by an HP-UX or Linux CMS. | | | | |
HP-UX and HP NonStop Kernel managed systems
HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (IA/PA) HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (IA/PA)
Linux managed systems
Oracle Enterprise Linux x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux, AMD64 and x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.9 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.9 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.9 for IPF Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.6 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.7 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.6 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.7 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.6 for Intel Itanium Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.7 for Intel Itanium Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 for Intel Itanium Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 for Intel Itanium SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for IPF SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 for IPF SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP4 for IPF SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for AMD64 and Intel x86-64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for Intel Itanium SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 for Intel Itanium XEN on Red Hat Enterprise Linux XEN on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
| | | | | NOTE: Operating systems with only IPX enabled are not identified by an HP-UX or Linux Central Management Server. | | | | |
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 3.0.2 Update 1, ESX host VMware ESX Server 3.0.3, ESX host Wmware ESX Server 3i Update 2 Wmware ESX Server 3i Update 3 VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 Update 1, ESX host VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 Update 2, ESX host VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 Update 3, ESX host 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
SUN managed systems
Solaris 10 Intel Platform
IBM managed systems
Hardware
For HP-UX: Any HP Itanium®-based system
For Windows: Any HP Itanium-based system
For Linux: 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 Windows: ProLiant Support Pack 6.30 or later SNMP (recommended as an alternative to WBEM) WBEM (for Integrity systems only)
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:
Required web browsers
For Windows:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (with Service Pack 2) or later
| | | | | NOTE: For optimum performance, the minimum resolution for the browser should be 1024 x 768. | | | | |
For HP-UX:
For Linux:
| | | | | 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 on the Central Management Server to run properly. These commands run on the Central Management Server with environment variables set to the context of specific events or devices. SSH on the Central Management Server is also used by the Initial ProLiant Support Pack Install on the Deploy Deploy Drivers, Firmware and Agents menu.
You can install and configure SSH 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 OpenSSH 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. If SSH is not configured on the client, then command line tools, any HP SIM plugins that require SSH, and Configure or Repair Agents do not work properly. PSP and SSH deployments occur in parallel and the number of nodes to which this happens in parallel is controlled by PSPandSSHParallelDeployments in globalsettings.props. If the credentials are incorrect for any node, then the deployment fails on all remaining nodes. Foreign language support | |
Table 2-1 Windows language support | Operating system | CMS | Managed node | SQL Server 2005 SP2 (Standard and Enterprise) | SQL Server 2005 Express SP2 | SQL Server 2008 (Standard and Enterprise) | Oracle 9i (Standard and Enterprise) | Oracle 10g |
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| Windows 2008 Server and Enterprise for Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, French, German, Italian, and Spanish | • | • | • | • | • | 9.2.0.8 | 10.2.0.1 | | Windows 2003 Server SP2 Server and Enterprise for Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, French, German, Italian, and Spanish | • | • | • | • | • | 9.2.0.8 | 10.2.0.1 | | Windows 2003 Server SP1 Server and Enterprise for Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Korean, French, German, Italian, and Spanish | | • | | | | | | | Windows 2000 Server and Enterprise SP4 for French, German, Italian, and Spanish | | • | | | | | |
Table 2-2 Linux language support | Operating system | CMS | Managed node | PostGre SQL | Oracle 9i (Stanard and Enterprise) | Oracle 10g |
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| RedHat EL 3 Japanese | | • | | | | | RedHat EL 4 x86, AMD64, and x86-64 with Update 6 or 7 Japanese | • | • | 8.2.1 | 9.2.08 | 10.2.0.1 | | RedHat EL 5 x86, AMD64, and x86-64 with Update 2 Japanese | • | • | 8.2.1 | 9.2.08 | 10.2.0.1 | | RedHat EL 5 x86, AMD64, and x86-64 with Update 1 Japanese | • | • | 8.2.1 | | | | SLES 9 x86, AMD64, and x86-64 with SP4 Japanese | • | • | 8.2.1 | 9.2.08 | 10.2.0.1 | | SLES 10 x86, AMD64, and x86-64 with SP2 Japanese | • | • | 8.2.1 | 9.2.08 | 10.2.0.1 | | SLES 10 x86, AMD64, and x86-64 with SP1 Japanese | | • | | | |
Table 2-3 HP-UX language support | Operating system | CMS | Managed node | PostGre SQL | Oracle 9i (Stanard and Enterprise) | Oracle 10g |
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| HP-UX 11i v1 Japanese | • | • | 7.4.2 | 9.2.0.8 | 10.2.0.1 | | HP-UX 11i v2 Japanese | | • | 7.4.2 | | | | HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (11.23 PI) Japanese | • | • | 7.4.2 | 9.2.0.8 | 10.2.0.1 | | HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31 IA/PA) Japanese | • | • | 7.4.2 | 9.2.0.8 | 10.2.0.1 |
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