Nuance Management Center

Dragon Installation Guide
Other considerations
Consider the following while you prepare for your NMC server installation.
Network bandwidth recommendations
Nuance recommends the following network bandwidth speeds for Nuance Management Center.
Number of clients Minimum network speed
100 10 Mbps
>100 100 Mbps
Excluding files and folders from anti-virus protection
If you have anti-virus software installed on your application and database servers and Dragon clients, you should
exclude the following files and folders from the anti-virus scan to ensure optimum performance.
Servers
l Nuance folder and all sub-folders
l File extensions: DAT, DRA, ENH, INI, LCK, LOG, NWV, SIG, TXT, USR, VER, VOC, WAV
Clients
l C:\Program Files\Nuance folder and all sub-folders
l C:\Program Data\Nuance folder and all sub-folders
l C:\<Windows user ID>\AppData folder and all sub-folders
l C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nuance folder and all sub-folders
l C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows user ID>\Local Settings\Temp folder
l File extensions: BD, BIN, DAT, DVC, ENH, GSB, GRM, GRX, INI, LCK, NWV, SIG, SVC, USR, VER, VOC,
WAV, XML, LOG
Using a network traffic switch
If you have a large organization and you're implementing more than one NMC server, you can include a network traffic
switch in your network to balance the load on the servers.
The following table describes the recommended settings for your device.
Component Setting
Network Interface Card
(NIC)—Gigabit cards
Automatic.
Switches and gigabit cards must have the same setting.
Network Interface Card
(NIC)—10/100Mb cards
Network link speed and duplex must be set the same on all servers, workstations, and
other network equipment, or performance and recognition degradation could occur.
Nuance does not support the Auto Detect setting.
Network speed—10
Mbps
Full Duplex
Network speed—100
Mbps
Full Duplex
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