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Chapter 2 System overview 19
Installation Checklist and Quick Start Guide
• Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server
2008, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0
BCM applications for BCM 5.0 support the following Vista versions: Microsoft Vista
Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, and Windows Vista Enterprise. Both 32-bit and 64-bit
versions of Windows Vista are supported except for the limitations identified in Nortel
Business Communications Manager 450—System Overview (NN40170-103).
• RAM: minimum 256 MB, recommended 512 MB
• free space: 75 MB
Element Manager access is also supported through a Citrix server.
Startup Profile
You can use the Startup Profile to customize a template with common BCM50 system parameters.
Then you can use this template to easily configure a single system or multiple systems.
You create the Startup Profile using the Startup Profile template (a Microsoft Excel template), and
then use a USB storage device to transfer the Startup Profile data to the BCM50 main unit.
Loading the Startup Profile adds about 5 minutes to the time for the BCM50 system to boot.
To use the Startup Profile template, you need:
• a computer with a USB port
• Microsoft Excel 2000 or later
• the Nortel BCM50 Startup Profile template (Microsoft Excel template)
• a portable USB storage device compatible with USB 1.1 (formatted for FAT32)