HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software v5.5 Install Guide (T1789-96339, February 2013)

HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agent prerequisites
This section describes the following host agent prerequisites that you must complete before installing
the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents:
• “Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents”
(page 37)
• “Configuring settings on Windows and UNIX hosts” (page 38)
• “Creating and assigning command devices to host agents” (page 39)
• “Mapping command devices” (page 42)
• “Verifying host agent connectivity to a command device” (page 44)
For more information on installing HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents, see “Installing
P9000 Performance Advisor host agents” (page 72).
Verifying the supported configurations for HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host
agents
To install the HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor host agents, verify that you have the supported
configurations in the following categories:
• “Hardware” (page 37)
• “Software” (page 37)
Hardware
Your Windows or UNIX hosts must include the following respective hardware requirements:
• Microsoft Windows host:
DVD drive◦
◦ 1 GB free space on hard drive (NTFS)
◦ Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
• HP-UX, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, or Linux host:
DVD drive/CD-ROM (read-only DVD drive is preferable)◦
◦ Disk space:
HP-UX (1 GB)–
– Sun Solaris (1 GB)
– IBM AIX (1 GB)
– Linux (1 GB)
– OpenVMS Integrity Server (IA-64) (1 GB)
◦ Ethernet LAN card connected to the network
Software
For the list of supported Windows, UNIX, and OpenVMS operating platforms, see the HP XP P9000
Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix. This document also specifies the supported JRE
versions for the Windows and UNIX host agents, and the Windows operating systems that are
supported as guest operating platforms on the VMware ESX and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual servers.
For more details, see HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor Software OS Support Matrix. Download
this document from the HP Manuals site for HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor, following is the
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