Supported hardware, software, and firmware

Table 2-1 Supported hardware

Type	Platform
Central Management Server servers	c-Class ProLiant server blades ProLiant ML and DL servers
Managed systems/physical servers	c-Class ProLiant server blades
NIC options	c-Class embedded GbE NICs and mezzanine cards
HBA options	c-Class mezzanine Fibre Channel HBAs (QLogic and Emulex)
Enclosures	HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosures
Blade interconnects	Virtual Connect Ethernet and Virtual Connect Fibre Channel
Shared boot storage - boot and data LUN	HP MSA 2xxx HP EVA 4/6/8000; EVA LE

Insight Orchestration supports the following software on the Central Management Server:

Operating systems
- Windows Server® 2008, Standard Edition (32-bit)
- Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition with Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
- Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
- Windows Server 2003, Standard with Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise with Service Pack 2 (32-bit)
Database software
- Microsoft® SQL Server with Service Pack 2
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 1 (remote or local)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (remote or local)
Browsers
- Internet Explorer version 6.0 SP 3 and later
- Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 and later




	NOTE: Insight Orchestration supports running the CMS as a Windows 2003 virtual machine guest in ESX 3.0.2 and ESX 3.5 Update 1 virtual machine hosts.

Insight Orchestration supports the following software on managed systems:

Windows
- Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition
- Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition
- Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition x64 Edition
- Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition for x64 with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition for x64 with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition for x64 with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for x64 with Service Pack 2
Virtual Machines
- VMware ESX v3.0.2
- VMware ESX v3i
- VMware ESX v3.5
- Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008
Red Hat Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86 with Update 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64 with Update 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for EM64T with Update 1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86 with Update 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64 with Update 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for EM64T with Update 6
Browsers
- Internet Explorer version 6.0 SP 3 and later
- Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 and later

Onboard Administrator 2.25 or greater
Insight Lights-Out 2 1.70 or greater
HBA Qlogic 2.07 or greater
HBA Emulex 2.27 or greater
HP 1/10G Virtual Connect Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem 2.00 and higher
HP Virtual Connect 4Gb Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem 1.30 and higher

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