Owner's Manual

======================================================================
Recommended Minimum Hardware Configuration for Dell Management Console
======================================================================
* Physical Server
- 2 Physical Processors
- 4 GB RAM
- DVD Drive
- Microsoft .NET 3.5 (SP1 is supported)
- Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
- Microsoft SQL 2005 Express
- SQL Server 2005 32-bit, SQL Server 2005 64-bit (Remote), SP1, SP2, SP3
SQL Server 2008 32-bit, SQL 2008 Express, SQL Server 2008 x64 (Remote)
- Windows Internet Explorer version 7.0 or 8.0
======================================================================
Recommended Hardware for Configurations over 500 Devices
======================================================================
* Physical Server
- 4 or more Processor Cores
- 8 GB RAM
- DVD Drive
- Microsoft .NET 3.5 (SP1 is supported)
- Windows Internet Information Services 6.0
- SQL Server 2005 SP1/SP2/SP3 or SQL Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit remote)
- Internet Explorer version 7.0 or 8.0
Note: Dell recommends remote 64-bit database for larger environments.
======================================================================
Additional Software Required to Run Some Features of Dell Management
Console
======================================================================
* For Dell/EMC storage arrays, ensure the array is FLARE(R) version
26 or later.
* Navisphere(R) Secure CLI (version 26 or above) installed on the
management station.
NOTE: This CLI software is included on the Dell Management Console media.
======================================================================
Recommended SQL Server Updates
======================================================================
* SQL Server 2005 SP1 or SP2 or SP3 is required for using SQL Server 2005
as the default database.
* Optimize your SQL Server maximum memory settings as indicated in
Microsoft(R) knowledge base articles KB321363 and KB319942. This
configuration may significantly improve product performance.
* Altiris KB location https://kb.altiris.com
- #34345 "Notification Server performance issues due to SQL index fragmentation"
- #38917 "Links to Notification Server/SQL Server Maintenance and Tuning Articles"
NOTE: Ensure that during installation of the SQL Server 2005, you
select a case-insensitive collation setting. If you select a
case-sensitive collation setting, then the agent health Web part