HP Insight Control for Linux 7.1 Update 1 Support Matrix

2 Central management server requirements
The HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Central Management Server (CMS) is the server on
which HP SIM and the HP Insight Control for Linux (Insight Control for Linux) software is installed.
2.1 HP SIM CMS requirements
Table 1 CMS requirements
RequirementComponent
Processor architecture
• x86
• x86_64 (Intel and AMD)
HP ProLiant c-Class blade servers, DL series servers, and SL series servers. For specific
hardware model numbers, see “Supported servers and enclosures” (page 12).
HP server model
2.0 GHz (single processor) or higherProcessor
HP recommends that you add one processor for every additional 100 nodes monitored.
4 GB1-32 nodesMemory (minimum
required)
6 GB33-64 nodes
12 GB65-128 nodes
16 GB128 or more nodes
Minimum of 27 GB, comprised of:Disk space
• 5 GB for the Insight Control management software.
• 10 GB for the Repository (/opt/repository)
NOTE: The amount of disk space required varies with the needs of your installation.
This amount is based on two Linux operating systems, two captured Linux images, two
ProLiant Support Packs, several shell scripts, and several installation configuration files.
• 12 GB for storage of log files (/hptc_cluster) if monitoring is enabled.
File system type
• ReiserFS• ext2
• •ext3 XFS
•• Logical Volume Manager (LVM)ext4
• JFS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES):Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):Linux OS
• SLES 10 SP3• RHEL 5 Update 7
• RHEL 5 Update 8
• SLES 10 SP4
• RHEL 6
• SLES 11 SP1
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• RHEL 6 Update 1
• SLES 11 SP2
• RHEL 6 Update 2
• RHEL 6 Update 3
IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on all ProLiant
G6, G7, and Gen8 servers. See the table entry for your server in Chapter 4 (page 12) for
exceptions.
Insight Control for Linux can be installed in a Xen or KVM virtual guest, running a supported
OS, with the exception of DOM0 on Xen.
Virtualization OS
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