HP Systems Insight Manager 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

1 Installation overview and requirements
This chapter provides an overview of the Systems Insight Manager 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 Systems Insight Manager on your CMS:
1. Install and configure the CMS. For details, see Chapter 2 “Installing Systems Insight Manager on the
CMS for the first time”.
2. Install and configure the required Insight Management Agents on the systems that will be managed by
the CMS. For more information, see Chapter 3 “Setting up managed systems”.
3. Configure Systems Insight Manager for your environment. For more information, see
Chapter 4 “Configuring Systems Insight Manager”.
Upgrade overview
If Systems Insight Manager has previously been installed on your CMS proceed to the upgrade instructions
in Chapter 5 “Upgrading from Systems Insight Manager”.
System requirements
This section identifies the hardware and software requirements and recommendations for Systems Insight
Manager. These requirements are broken into sections by the CMS, managed system, and network client.
Part 1: Linux Central Management Server
Operating systems
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86, Update 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AMD64/EM64T, Update 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 x86, Update 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AMD64/EM64T, Update 4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86, Update 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AMD64/EM64T, Update 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86 Update 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AMD64/EM64T, Update 7
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86, SP1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 AMD64/EM64T, SP1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 AMD64/EM64T
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86, SP3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 AMD64/EM64T, SP3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86, SP2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 AMD64/EM64T, SP2
NOTE: Systems Insight Manager 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
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