HP Insight Environmental Software Installation Guide

Overview 5
Overview
Components
The HP Insight Environmental software includes the following components:
• Application Server—Transport component between the data collection components and the
presentation components
• Observer—Visualization and monitoring web-based application
• MySQL Database—Data storage application
• Imaging Server—Two dimensional environmental views from three dimensional data
• Device Manager—Subsystem of HP Insight Environmental software that manages devices
• Configurator—Stand-alone Windows® application used to create and maintain data center installation
details
System requirements
Before you install HP Insight Environmental software and related components, the following minimum
specifications must be met.
Hardware requirements
Hardware Requirements
Processor
Quad-core processor (Intel® lor AMD®)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Disk space
750 GB (hot swap RAID 1 preferred) with battery-backed
caching
Power supply
Redundant power (2)
Connectivity
Gigabit Ethernet adapter (2)
Software requirements
Software Requirements
Operating system
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard (64 bit)
Windows Server® 2003 R2 Standard Edition (64 bit)
Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise (32 bit)
Windows Server® 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32 bit)
Required software
Adobe® Reader
User privileges
User with full administrator privileges configured for
installation
Secure access
SSL certificate file (if secure access is enabled)