User guide

Requirements
Large (>7000 Tar-
get Devices)
Medium (1000-7000
Target Devices)
Small (<1000Target Devices)
Windows/Linux
Dedicated Physical
server
One or more
2+Ghz Multi-core
CPU
6+ GB of RAM
80+ GB HDD
Dedicated Physical
Server
2+ Ghz CPU
4+ GB RAM
40+ GB HDD
Dedicated Physical Server or (ESX/Hyper-
V) Virtual Machine (no resource sharing)
Dedicated processing priority 2+Ghz
Dedicated 6 GB RAM
40GB non-expanding HDD
Sun Server
1 Ghz UltraSparc
III
4+ GB RAM
40+ GB HDD
1 Ghz UltraSparc III
4+ GB RAM
40+ GB HDD
1 Ghz UltraSparc III
4 GB RAM
40 GB HDD
LAN 1gbps/10gbps
10mbps/100mbps/1gbps
(recommended)
10mbps/100mbps
Database Local or Remote Local or remote Local
Table 2.1: Hardware Requirements
For more information visit http://www.avocent.com/software-requirements.
DSView software and virtual environments
DSView software running in a virtual environment is not a recommended configuration.
DSView software is designed to incorporate a Java Virtual Machine within which the services
reside. As a result of this architecture, DSView software will fully utilize the CPU and memory
allocated to it. Installing DSView software on a virtual machine where CPU and memory are
competing with other virtual machines increases processing latency and reduces the
responsiveness of the DSView software service. The latencies can cause database request time-
outs, plug-in request time-outs, appliance lost connection events and database corruption.
Therefore, running DSView software in a virtual environment is not recommended.
NOTE: Virtual environments include those provided by Microsoft®, Xen® and VMware
®
.
Before installing and configuring the DSView software
Before installing the DSView management software, install the managed appliance hardware.
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