HP Insight Software 6.1 Support Matrix

2 Central Management Server requirements
This chapter provides the minimum hardware and software requirements for a Central Management Server
(CMS) running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system (OS).
CMS hardware requirements
Table 2-1 lists the hardware requirements for a CMS.
NOTE: See Appendix C (page 53) for the requirements for an Integrity-based CMS running an HP-UX OS.
Table 2-1 CMS hardware requirements
Requirement
Hardware
component
A HP ProLiant BladeSystem c-Class or p-Class
1
server blade or an HP ProLiant ML or DL 300, 500, and 700 G3
or higher series server is recommended
2
Server
At least 1.6 GHz (2 GHz or faster recommended). For Insight Dynamics, four or more processing cores are
required with a minimum of 1.6 Ghz processors. The recommended configuration is eight processing cores at
2.4 Ghz or higher.
Processor
See Table 2-2 for memory requirementsMemory
See Table 2-3 for disk space requirementsDisk space
New Technology File System (NTFS)File structure
Local or mapped DVD driveDVD drive
1 Insight Dynamics does not support p-Class server blades as a CMS.
2 Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control virtual machine management, and Insight Dynamics also support operating a CMS in a
virtual machine on some non-HP servers. See Table 3-3 (page 21) for a list of supported non-HP servers. This configuration requires
the CMS to be running a supported operating system listed in Table 2-6 (page 15) and a supported hypervisor listed in Table 2-7
(page 16).
Memory requirements
Table 2-2 lists the memory requirements on the CMS, which differ for 32–bit (x86) and 64–bit (x64) operating
systems and whether or not Insight Dynamics is being installed.
Table 2-2 CMS memory requirements
Optimum amount of
memory
Minimum memory
recommended
2
Minimum memory
required
1
Installation scenarioOperating system
8 GB6 GB4 GBInsight Dynamics will not
be installed
x86
16 GB8 GB4 GBInsight Dynamics will be
installed
x86
16 GB8 GB6 GBInsight Dynamics will not
be installed
x64
24 GB16 GB6 GBInsight Dynamics will be
installed
x64
6 GB6 GB4 GBstandalone installation of
Virtual Connect Enterprise
Manager
1 The CMS must have this amount of memory. If it does not, the installation or upgrade will not continue.
2 A warning message is displayed if the amount of memory is below this value, but the installation or upgrade will continue.
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