User Guide

Network connection
For use over wide area network (WAN), a connection of 1.5 MB or more and network latency less than 150 ms
is required.
Other software
• Adobe® Reader®
• Microsoft Excel® 2003
• Crystal Reports® 2008 or 2011 (optional)
The minimum screen resolution required is 1024 x 768. At this resolution, it is necessary to view the application
in full-screen mode.
NOTE: If Microsoft Office is not installed on the client, you can only save floor plans as All Files(*.*). Floor plans export properly, but the
file does not get an extension, which makes Excel software hesitant to open it. The filename should have the .xls extension.
Supported database types
• Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012
• PostgreSQL Version 9.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• PostgreSQL Version 8.4.2
Supported languages
• English
• Chinese Simplified
• Japanese
• French
• German
• Russian
• Spanish
NOTE: Red Hat Enterprise 5.4 server is supported for these languages using Microsoft XP SP3 Client on a PostgreSQL database.
Configuration assumptions
The configuration and benchmarking provided in this chapter are based on testing with dedicated physical
machines. Use of the Data Center Planner software within a virtual machine is not supported in a production
environment. While the application is known to work using VMWare’s virtualization, no guarantees or
configurations are offered for its support. In addition, there are known problems using Microsoft virtualization
products and other virtualization solutions such as Sun’s VirtualBox have not been tested.
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