HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.3 Install Guide (T1789-96323, August 2011)

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Management station prerequisites

This section describes the prerequisites that you must complete for installing P9000 Performance

Advisor on a management station.

After you complete the prerequisites, start the P9000 Performance Advisor installation. For more

information, see “Installing the P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 43.

• “Verifying the supported configurations for P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 24

• “Getting the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your management station” on page 26

• “Determining the authentication type for P9000 Performance Advisor” on page 26

• “Allocating 1 GB free disk space in the TEMP folder” on page 29

• “Choosing a system where Oracle is not installed” on page 29

• “Configuring a Loopback Adapter or static IP address” on page 30

• “Assigning ports for P9000 Performance Advisor on the management station” on page 31

• “Disabling UAC on a Windows management station” on page 32

• “Configuring the web browser proxy server settings” on page 33

Verifying the supported configurations for P9000 Performance Advisor

To install P9000 Performance Advisor, verify that you have the supported configurations for:

• Hardware on page 24

• Software on page 25

• Web browser on page 25

• Firmware on page 26

Hardware

Your management station must meet the following hardware requirements:

• DVD drive

• Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon based systems - 3.0 GHz CPU (minimum) or later for complex con-

figuration and multiple disk arrays

For multi-core processor based systems - 2.0 GHz CPU or later

• 2 GB RAM (minimum), 4 GB RAM for complex configuration, and multiple XP and P9000 disk

arrays

• 8 GB (minimum) free space on the hard drive

If you are installing both the P9000 Performance Advisor and the Windows host agent on the

same system, HP recommends 10 GB (minimum) free disk space on the hard drive.

NOTE:

It is recommended to ensure that up to 50 GB of free space is available on the drive where PADB

is installed, for additional database operations. This space may or may not be utilized.

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