This section contains requirements and recommendations for managed systems.
Operating systems
Windows managed systems
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard for x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard with Service Pack 1 for x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise for x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Service Pack 1 for x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows 2003 Extended Systems for x64 and AMD64
Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Edition for x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 Data Center
Microsoft Windows 2003 Small-Medium Business for x86
Microsoft Windows Professional for x86
Microsoft Windows Data Center for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 or later for x86
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows 98 Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows Virtual Server
Windows Vista Client (Longhorn)
Note: Operating systems with only IPX enabled will not be identified by an HP-UX or Linux CMS.
HP-UX managed systems
HP-UX 11.0 as a managed node running the DMI agents on that platform
HP-UX 11i v2 (September 2004 or later)
Linux managed systems
Red Hat Linux 7.3 Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 and EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Itanium-based systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for AMD64 and EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Itanium-based systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 for x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 for Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 64 bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with service pack 3 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Itanium-base systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8/United Linux 1.0
Hardware
For HP-UX:
Any HP Itanium®-based system
For Windows:
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)
For Linux:
ProLiant Support Pack for Linux 7.0 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 1 or later
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), refer to 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.
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