Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

1 Installation overview and requirements
This chapter provides an overview of the HP SIM installation process, and it identifies the system requirements
for a Linux CMS, a managed system, and a network client.
First time install process overview
Perform these steps for a first time install of HP SIM on your CMS:
1. Install and configure the CMS. See Chapter 2 “Installing HP SIM on the CMS for the first time” for
details.
2. Install and configure the required Management Agents on the systems that will be managed by the
CMS. See Chapter 3 “Setting up managed systems”.
3. Configure HP SIM for your environment. See Chapter 4 “Configuring HP SIM”.
Upgrade overview
If HP SIM has previously been installed on your CMS proceed to the upgrade instructions in
Chapter 5 “Upgrading from HP SIM”.
System requirements
This section identifies the hardware and software requirements and recommendations for HP SIM. These
requirements are broken into sections by the CMS, managed system, and network client.
Linux Central Management Server
This section contains the requirements for the Linux operating system that is used for the CMS.
Operating systems
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Update 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AMD64/EM64T, Update 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Update 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AMD64/EM64T, Update 3
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AMD64/EM64T, Update 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AMD64/EM64T, Update 7
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 32-bit
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 AMD64/EM64T
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 AMD64/EM64T SP3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 SP3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 AMD64/EM64T
NOTE: Many Linux distributions automatically install security layers such as a firewall and/or
Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) that can interfere with the operation of HP SIM. Configurations in the
support matrix are tested without these options enabled.
NOTE: HP SIM can run on a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) provided the following requirements are met. The
VM must be hosted on an ESX 3.0.1 or later server and the VM configuration must meet HP SIM hardware
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