HP XP7 PA Software Installation Guide

• HP XP7 Performance Advisor + HP Storage Essentials

• HP XP7 Performance Advisor Host Agent + Command View AE

• 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 coexist with its specific instance.

• Any other configuration that is not mentioned in the preceding Supported coexistence

configurationslist

• HP XP7 Performance Advisor cannot coexist with HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3

For optimal performance, HP recommends that you install HP XP7 Performance Advisor as a

standalone product. For more information on the supported versions, see the HP XP7 Performance

Advisor streams document available at http://h20272.www2.hp.com/Pages/spock2Html.aspx?

htmlFile=sw_array_xp.html.

Management station prerequisites

This section describes the prerequisites that you must complete for installing HP XP7 Performance

Advisor on a management station.

After you complete the prerequisites, start the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation. For more

information, see “Installing the XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 43).

• “Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 26)

• “Getting the fully qualified domain name or IP address of your management station” (page 28)

• “Determining the authentication type for HP XP7 Performance Advisor” (page 28)

• “Allocating 1 GB free disk space in the TEMP folder” (page 31)

• “Configuring a Loopback Adapter or static IP address” (page 31)

• “Assigning ports for HP XP7 Performance Advisor on the management station” (page 32)

• “Configuring the web browser proxy server settings” (page 34)

Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP7 Performance Advisor

To install HP XP7 Performance Advisor, verify that you have the supported configurations for:

• “Hardware” (page 26)

• “Software” (page 27)

• “Web browser” (page 27)

• “Firmware” (page 27)

Hardware

Your management station must meet the following hardware requirements:

• DVD drive

• Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon based systems - 3.0 GHz CPU (minimum) or later for complex

configuration and multiple disk arrays

For multi-core processor based systems - 2.0 GHz CPU or later

• 2 GB RAM (minimum), 4 GB RAM for complex configuration, and multiple XP, P9500 and

XP7 disk arrays

• For information on the recommended free space, see Table 5 (page 47).

26 Understanding the HP XP7 Performance Advisor installation prerequisites