User's Manual

SIM™ User Manual | Ref Code: SUM | GEN4_0024| Version: 8
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SECTION A SERVER HARDWARE PREPARATION AND SERVER SOFTWARE PRE-INSTALLATION
To prepare the server hardware prior installing the SIM™ software, please follow the IT Fact Sheet below and
ensure the checklist is completed before proceeding to subsequent installation procedures.
IT FACT SHEET – IT REQUIREMENTS TO SUPPORT SIM™
MINIMUM SERVER REQUIREMENTS
COMPLETED
CPU: Quad Core x64 3.0 GHz
RAM: 8GB
Available Disk Space: 100GB (for SIM™ and database)
PDF Reader (Adobe or similar)
100Mb/s network port
Firewall: Inbound connections on port 80, 8080, 8888 and 10001
OTHER SERVER REQUIREMENTS
COMPLETED
Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (SP1), including:
IIS7 and all Application Development Services (See Install Note 1)
MS SQL Server Native Client
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 (See Install Note 2)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Express Edition (See Install Note 3)
Name of server instance must be “SIMserverDV3”
Report Builder 3.0 for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (See Install Note 4)
PHP for IIS extension (Version 5.3 and is available from http://php.iis.net)