HP Insight Control for Linux 6.1 Support Matrix

1 Central management server requirements
The HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) Central Management Server (CMS) is the server on
which HP SIM and the HP Insight Control for Linux (Insight Control for Linux) software is
installed.
1.1 CMS requirements
The server you choose to be the CMS must fulfill the requirements listed in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1 CMS requirements
RequirementComponent
• x86
• AMD64
• x86-64
Processor architecture
HP ProLiant c-Class blade servers, DL series servers, and SL series servers are supported
for use as the CMS.
See Chapter 3 (page 9) for specific hardware model numbers.
HP server model
2.0 GHz (single processor) or higher
HP recommends that you add one processor for every additional 100 nodes monitored.
Processor
4 GB1-32 nodesMemory (minimum
required)
6 GB33-64 nodes
12 GB65-128 nodes
16 GBGreater than 128 nodes
Minimum of 27 GB, comprised of:
• 5 GB for the Insight Control management software.
• 10 GB for the Repository (/opt/repository)
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• 12 GB for storage of log files (/hptc_cluster) if monitoring is enabled.
Disk space
• ext2
• ext3
• ReiserFS
• Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
File system type
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):
• RHEL 4 Update 7 (AS/ES)
• RHEL 4 Update 8 (AS/ES)
• RHEL 5 Update 4 (Server)
• RHEL 5 Update 5 (Server)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES):
• SLES 10 SP2
• SLES 10 SP3
• SLES 11
• SLES 11 SP 1
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IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on ProLiant G6
and G7 servers. See Chapter 3 (page 9) for exceptions to OS support on G6 and G7 servers.
Linux OS
Insight Control for Linux can be installed in a virtual guest, running a supported OS, with
the exception of DOM0 on Xen.
Installing Insight Control for Linux on other virtualization operating systems supported
by the stack should work, but they have not been tested.
Virtualization OS
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