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

• Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
• VGA graphics display with 256 colors (21-inch SVGA graphics display with 32-bit graphics inter-
face is recommended)
NOTE:
P9000 Performance Advisor installation is also supported on the Quad-core servers.
Software
Your management station must meet the following software requirements:
• Windows operating system compatible with P9000 Performance Advisor.
• Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or later. If the installation wizard detects that the Microsoft .NET
Framework v2.0 or later version does not exist, it displays a message that the required version is
not available. Click OK on the message dialog box for the installation wizard to install Microsoft
.NET Framework v3.5 (recommended version) on your management station.
• The JRE version compatible with P9000 Performance Advisor is automatically installed. For the
list of supported JRE versions, see HP StorageWorks P9000 Per formance Advisor Software OS
Support Matrix. Download this document from the HP Manuals site for P9000 Performance Advisor,
following is the URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIn-
dex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndex-
Id=64180&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=64823.
The recommended version is also available on P9000 Performance Advisor Installation disk 2.
IMPORTANT:
• Only 32-bit (X86) JRE version is supported on both the 32-bit (X86) and 64-bit (X64) Windows
platforms.
To determine whether the supported JRE version is already installed on your management station, run
the following command from the command prompt:
# java -version
You can expect an output similar to the following, which is shown for JRE v5.0 Update 18:
java version "1.5.0.18"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
1.5.0.18-_25_feb_2009_02_25)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0.14 jinteg:07.25.08-11:41 IA64,
mixed mode)
For the list of supported Windows operating systems, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance
Advisor Software OS Support Matrix. This document also specifies the Windows operating systems
that are supported as guest operating platforms on the VMware ESX, Citrix XEN, and Microsoft
Hyper-V virtual servers.
Web browser
P9000 Performance Advisor is supported on Microsoft Internet Explorer only. For the list of supported
IE versions, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix.
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