HP Insight Software 6.1 Support Matrix
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1 Support overview.......................................................................................9
New support summary............................................................................................................................9
Deprecated support summary...................................................................................................................9
Abbreviations and acronyms used in this document...................................................................................10
2 Central Management Server requirements....................................................13
CMS hardware requirements..................................................................................................................13
Memory requirements.......................................................................................................................13
Disk space requirements...................................................................................................................14
Management capabilities of a CMS with a maximum tested configuration...............................................15
CMS software requirements....................................................................................................................15
Supported Microsoft Windows Server OSs..........................................................................................15
Supported hypervisors......................................................................................................................16
Requirements for non-OS software......................................................................................................17
Supported browsers.........................................................................................................................17
Screen resolution.............................................................................................................................18
Supported databases.......................................................................................................................18
Supported CMS configurations in a Microsoft Windows domain.................................................................18
3 Managed system requirements...................................................................21
Hardware requirements..........................................................................................................................21
Supported HP BladeSystem enclosures................................................................................................21
Supported support packs..................................................................................................................21
Supported servers............................................................................................................................21
Other supported hardware................................................................................................................25
SAN functionality ............................................................................................................................25
Fibre channel storage and switch recommendations..............................................................................26
iSCSI support..................................................................................................................................26
Storage.....................................................................................................................................26
LAN/VLAN switches...................................................................................................................26
Storage controllers supported by Insight Control server migration...........................................................26
Network interface cards supported by Insight Control server migration....................................................27
Storage supported by Insight Dynamics recovery management...............................................................27
Firmware requirements...........................................................................................................................28
HP BladeSystem firmware release set..................................................................................................29
Software requirements...........................................................................................................................29
HP Software integration requirements ................................................................................................29
Supported operating systems.............................................................................................................29
Agents and providers bundled with Insight Dynamics............................................................................38
Agents and providers for OpenVMS managed systems....................................................................40
HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software requirements..........................................................40
4 Support and other resources......................................................................41
Information to collect before contacting HP...............................................................................................41
How to contact HP................................................................................................................................41
Registering for software technical support and update service.....................................................................41
How to use your software technical support and update service.............................................................41
Warranty information.......................................................................................................................41
HP authorized resellers...........................................................................................................................42
Documentation feedback........................................................................................................................42
New and changed information in this edition...........................................................................................42
Related information...............................................................................................................................42
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