ISS Technology Update, Volume 7 Number 3 - Newsletter

ISS Technology Update Volume 7, Number 3
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In order to service the broadest array of customers, HP is committed to providing versions of our infrastructure management
software applications that are compatible with both the x86 and x64 versions of the appropriate Windows operating systems.
This process has just begun, and only a few applications provide that compatibility to date. Because there is no performance
penalty to running 32-bit code in an x64 operating system, the simplest way to achieve both HP and customer goals is to
provide x86-32 code which runs on both, and not provide separate versions of the applications for 32-bit and 64-bit
environments. Additionally, since our infrastructure software is resource-intensive and not particularly processor-intensive, we do
not expect there to be any gains in performance if we were to offer the applications in x64 re-compiled versions. It is possible
that in the future, if the installed base has successfully migrated to predominantly x64 deployments of the operating system, we
will cease providing 32-bit versions of the applications and will re-compile for the x64 environment.
Note that this discussion is regarding ProLiant servers with x86 processors from Intel (Intel®64) and AMD (AMD64) and does
not pertain to HP Integrity servers with the Intel® Itanium® processor (IA-64). HP does not provide versions of HP SIM for IA-64
versions of Windows.
Table 5-1. Product support information
Product Hosting CMS on x64 OS Manages targets with
x64 OS
Notes
HP SIM 5.2 Yes Yes Documented in
QuickSpecs
Extensions for HP SIM
on Microsoft®
Windows®
Yes Yes Not applicable (N/A)
HP BladeSystem
Integrated Manager
Yes Yes N/A
HP Insight Power
Manager (IPM)
Yes N/A Target is iLO
management processor
HP Service Essentials
Remote Support Pack
Yes Yes
HP Vulnerability and
Patch Management
Pack (VPM)
No Limited VPM can scan systems
running x64 OS but
does not acquire and
distribute patches for
them
Insight Control
Environment for
BladeSystem and
ProLiant ML/DL
No Limited While some components
of ICE can be installed
on x64, ICE as a whole
cannot; limitations
documented in the “HP
Insight Control
Management Support
Matrix”
HP Insight Control
Management
Integrated Installer
No N/A Installer doesn’t apply to
targets
HP Insight Control
Environment Advisor
Yes N/A The advisor will fail the
installation environment,
stating that it is an
unsupported OS