HP Insight Management 7.3 Update 1 Support Matrix

Other prerequisite software
Table 15 (page 19) lists the minimum requirements of non-OS software on the CMS.
Table 15 Other prerequisite software
NotesVersionSoftware product
If .NET 2.0 SP1 is not already installed, the HP Insight Management
Installer installs it.
2.0 SP1Microsoft .NET Framework
1, 2
This is a requirement of the HP Insight Management Installer and of Matrix
infrastructure orchestration.
This is required when using the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
SP2 database server from the Installation DVD.
3.5 SP1
This is also a requirement of Matrix infrastructure orchestration and the
HP Matrix Operating Environment.
This is a requirement of the HP Storage Provisioning Manager.4.0
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF files and documents
shipped on HP Insight Management DVD #1. This free reader is available
at:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://get.adobe.com/reader.
Insight Management requires Adobe Flash Player, which is included with
Systems Insight Manager on the Insight Management 7.3 DVD.
11Adobe Flash Player
All Flash players are only for x86 browsers. You can run an x86 browser
on an x64 OS.
HP Storage Provisioning Manager requires the Silverlight application
framework.
5.0.61118.0Microsoft Silverlight
3
Insight Control server migration requires iSCSI Software Initiator.Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
Installed system names must resolve to an IP address, and IP addresses
must resolve to system names.
TCP/IP with DNS installed
This is a requirement for the installation or upgrade of the database
packaged in the DVD.
4.5 or laterWindows Installer
This is a requirement of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP2.
1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 can be installed and present on the CMS, but it cannot be set as the default.
2
The Insight Management DVD only includes Microsoft .NET 2.0 SP1. All other versions must be installed separately.
3
Microsoft Silverlight does not support the Firefox browser on a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system.
CMS supported databases
Insight Management requires a supported database for the CMS. If the CMS does not currently
have a supported database installed on it or does not have access to a remote database, you must
install a database before you install Insight Management.
IMPORTANT: Insight Management requires the Microsoft SQL Server database to be configured
in non-binary collation mode. Binary collation mode is not supported.
For information on how to change the collation mode if it is set to binary mode, see the HP Insight
Management Installation and Configuration Guide at the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/insightcontrol/docs
If you must install a database, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express SP2 (32-bit) is included on
HP Insight Management 7.3 DVD # 1.
If you wish to upgrade an existing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express installation, you may
download and install the SP2 patch located at the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/
en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30437.
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