HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

NOTE: For additional database operations, HP recommends that 50 GB of free space be
available on the drive where the HP XP7 Performance Advisor database (PADB) will be
installed.
• For information on the maximum size configured for Oracle related files, see Table 6 (page 47)
and Table 7 (page 47)
• Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
• VGA graphics display with 256 colors (21-inch SVGA graphics display with 32-bit graphics
interface is recommended)
NOTE: HP XP7 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 HP XP7 Performance Advisor.
For the list of supported Windows operating systems, see the HP XP7 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.
• 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.
• Before proceeding with the installation, verify whether existing applications on the management
station support other Oracle database instances to be installed. HP XP7 Performance Advisor
cannot coexist with applications that do not allow different application-specific Oracle database
instances to coexist. For example, HP Storage Essentials does not allow another Oracle
database instance to be installed on the same system. For more information, see the
application-specific documentation.
If multiple Oracle database instances can coexist, ensure that they are not named PADB, as
it conflicts with the same name (PADB) provided for the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Oracle
database.
Web browser
HP XP7 Performance Advisor is supported on Microsoft Internet Explorer only. For the list of
supported IE versions, see the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix.
NOTE:
• You can access HP XP7 Performance Advisor locally on your management station or remotely
from another system.
• Configure your IE browser to allow pop-ups, so that HP XP7 Performance Advisor functions
properly.
Firmware
For the list of required and recommended firmware versions for all the supported XP, P9500 and
XP7 disk array models, see the HP XP7 Performance Advisor Software Release Notes available at
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&
taskId=101&prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&
prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=64823.
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