HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

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System requirements
Windows Central Management Server
This section contains the minimum requirements for the Windows operating system that is used for the CMS.
NetworkingSoftwareHardwareOperating system
• Static or dynamic host name
resolution
• TCP/IP
• SNMP
MSDE 2000 with Service Pack
3a (bundled with HP Systems
Insight Manager) or one of the
following:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000,
Standard Edition with
Service Pack 3 or Service
Pack 4 (for Standard Server
operating system)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000,
Enterprise Edition with
Service Pack 3 or Service
Pack 4 (for "Advanced
Server" operating system)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
running on Windows Server
2003
Note: SQL Server 2005
Express Edition is not
supported.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Service Pack 1
• Oracle 9i Release 2
• Oracle 10g
• ProLiant Support Pack for
Windows 6.30 or later
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
7.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
6.0 with Service Pack 1
• Firefox 1.5
Any HP ProLiant x86 system
with the following configuration:
• Minimum: 1.5-GHz
processor with 768 MB
RAM
• 500 MB free disk space
recommended
• Recommended: 2.4-GHz
processor with 1 GB RAM
Note: HP Netserver
platforms can be used for
the CMS as long as the
Instant Toptools software is
not installed and all other
requirements are met.
• Microsoft Windows
Server(TM) 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows 2003,
Standard or Enterprise
Edition, for x86 with Service
Pack 1 (running on x86 or
x64/AMD64 platforms)
• Microsoft Windows 2003
SMB, with Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Windows 2003
for x64
• Microsoft Windows 2000
Server with Service Pack 4
for x86
• Microsoft Windows 2000
Advanced Server with
Service Pack 4 for x86
• Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows XP
Professional with Service
Pack 2 for x86
The CMS supports Microsoft
Windows 2002 and 2003
International Server - French,
German, Spanish, and
Japanese (latest service pack
available for each language).
The required Windows service packs must be installed for each of these operating systems.
Important: The Windows server must have at least one partition formatted for the NT File System (NTFS) on
which the HP SIM server software is to be installed. NTFS provides the ability to restrict file access based
on user accounts and groups. Without NTFS, the CMS cannot be adequately secured against unauthorized
access, and potentially sensitive operations and data could be made available to unauthorized users.
Note: HP SIM on Windows XP Professional only supports a local MSDE2000 installation for the database.
Note:SQL Server 2005 is only supported if HP SIM is running on Windows Server 2003.
Note:You cannot run Internet Explorer 6.0 and Internet Explorer 7.0 simultaneously. However, if you uninstall
Internet Explorer 7.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 will be restored.
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