Specifications

Ridgeline SA Server Requirements
Ridgeline Service Advisor Release Note 11
The Ridgeline SA TFTP Server
Ridgeline SA’s built-in TFTP server is intended only for uploading and downloading switch
configuration files and software image files under Ridgeline SA’s control. It is not intended for use as a
general purpose TFTP server.
Telnet Polling and Ridgeline SA
Although Ridgeline SA primarily uses SNMP to retrieve switch status and configuration information, it
uses Telnet polling to collect certain types of information that are not available using SNMP. This
includes information about netlogins, device FDB data (if FDB polling is enabled) and other selected
status. Ridgeline SA’s use of Telnet polling can affect your switches in several ways:
● Each time Ridgeline SA logs in and out of the switch, entries are created in the switch log.
● In some cases Ridgeline SA needs to disable CLI paging in order to parse the results of certain
commands. This creates an entry into the switch log file each time this occurs.
● Over time, these entries can fill the switch log file, and can make it more difficult to recognize log
entries due to errors or other significant conditions. If these entries in the log file become
problematic, there are several possible steps you can take to alleviate the problem, including
periodically clearing the switch log, disabling Ridgeline SA’s Telnet polling, reducing Ridgeline SA’s
polling frequency, or using the ExtremeWare or ExtremeXOS Event Management System log filtering
capability to suppress the log entries generated by Ridgeline SA login and logout events.
Ridgeline SA Server Requirements
The Ridgeline SA 2.0 server is supported on Windows Vista, XP, 2003 Server or 2008 Server, on SPARC
workstations running Solaris 10, or on systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.
Specific details as to versions supported, as well as hardware and software requirements, are described
in the following subsections.
NOTE
Prior to installing Ridgeline SA, make sure the system where you are installing the software is DNS-resolvable and
accessible both by IP address and by hostname from all machines where the Ridgeline SA client will be launched. If
it is not, add an entry for the system in the local DNS server or the hosts file on the client machines.
Microsoft Windows
The system requirements for the Ridgeline SA server under Microsoft Windows are as follows:
● Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional with SP1 or later, Windows 2003 Server, or
Windows 2008 Server running on an Intel Pentium-compatible CPU.
Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system are supported.
● 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended.
Up to 4 GB may be needed for very large numbers of devices (1000 or more).
● 2 GB disk space available, NTFS filesystem recommended.