HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.2 Install Guide (T1789-96317, May 2011)

Verifying the supported configurations for P9000 Performance Advisor host

agents

To install the P9000 Performance Advisor host agents, verify that you have the supported configurations

in the following categories:

• Hardware on page 34

• Software on page 34

Hardware

Your Windows or UNIX hosts must include the following respective hardware requirements:

• Microsoft Windows host:

• DVD drive

• 2.5 GB free space on hard drive (NTFS)

• Ethernet LAN card connected to the network

• HP-UX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, or Linux host:

• DVD drive/CD-ROM (read-only DVD drive is preferable)

• Disk space:

• HP-UX (250 MB)

• Sun Solaris (150 MB)

• IBM AIX (72.5 MB)

• Linux (250 MB)

• Ethernet LAN card connected to the network

Software

For the list of supported Windows and UNIX operating platforms, see the HP StorageWorks P9000

Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix. This document also specifies the supported JRE

versions for the Windows and UNIX host agents, and the Windows operating systems that are

supported as guest operating platforms on the VMware ESX, and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual servers.

For document download location, see “Related documentation” on page 152.

Before installing the host agents, ensure that you install the following JRE versions on your hosts:

• Windows host: JRE v5.0 Update 18 (minimum) or later up until JRE v6.0 Update 18 (maximum)

HP recommends that you install JRE v6.0 Update 18. The recommended version is also available

on P9000 Performance Advisor Installation disk 2.

• UNIX host: JRE v5.0 Update 18

Also, the Path environment variable on your host must point to the installed JRE location. To set the

Java PATH, enter the following command in the command prompt window:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/java1.5/bin

The PATH variable is set for the current session.

To determine the JRE version installed on your host, see the procedure under Software on page 25.

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