HP Device Manager 4.5 - Deployment Guide

Executive summary
The purpose of this document is to assist customers with planning the architecture of the HP Device Manager (HPDM)
components and configuring those components for the number of devices that will be managed. This document focuses on
managing larger thin client deployments using HPDM. This document also includes tips to fine-tune the performance of
HPDM.
Hardware recommendations
The HP Device Manager User Guide and Release Notes provide the minimum requirements for server hardware.
To manage large scale thin client deployments, HP recommends having the HPDM Server and HPDM Gateway services
installed together on same machine as the database. A server-type OS is needed because of the half-open connection limit
on client operating systems.
Table 1. Configuration according to scale
Deployment details Suggested minimum configuration
Small scale
All HPDM components are located on the same server
computer
This configuration supports up to 5,000 clients
• 4 cores (Intel Xeon 5140 or comparable CPU)
• 8 GB of RAM
• 300 GB of hard disk space for the operating system, HPDM
Server, HPDM Gateway, HPDM Master Repsitory Controller,
content of Master Repository, and database files
• 1000 Mbps NIC
Medium scale
All HPDM components are located on the same server
computer
This configuration supports up to 10,000 clients
• 8 cores (Intel Xeon E5504 or comparable CPU)
• 16 GB of RAM
• 600 GB of hard disk space for the operating system, HPDM
Server, HPDM Gateway, HPDM Master Repsitory Controller,
content of Master Repository, and database files
• 1000 Mbps NIC
Large scale
All HPDM components except the HPDM Console are
located on the site server computer
This configuration supports up to 20,000 clients
For managing more than 20,000 clients, see the notes
following the table.
• 16 cores (Intel Xeon L5520 or comparable CPU)
• 32 GB of RAM
• 1 TB of hard disk space for the operating system, HPDM Server,
HPDM Gateway, HPDM Master Repsitory Controller, content of
Master Repository, and database files
• 1000 Mbps NIC
Child Repository in a hierarchy
A file server allows remote access with chosen protocols
No HPDM components on this computer
• 80 GB of hard disk space to for the repository content
• 1000 Mbps NIC
HPDM Gateway in a hierarchy
Required for PXE Imaging
• 1 core (Pentium® III or greater)
• 512 MB of RAM
• 512 MB of hard disk space for the HPDM Gateway and all
runtime files
Note
The RAM needs to be better than DDR3 1333 (PC3-10600). The hard drive needs to be faster than 7200 rpm, and RAID 5 is
recommended.
All hardware configurations have been tested on virtual machines with comparable virtual settings.
The disk space usage of the repositories grows with the payload amount, especially with device OS images. Make sure that
the disk space is sufficient to hold all payloads and tools.
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