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Chapter 2 Installation Requirements
System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and
Managed Server
ReviewthesystemrequirementsfortheLabManagerServerandManagedServer
components.FormoreinformationonrequirementsspecifictoESXServer,seethe
VMwareInfrastructure3documentation.MakesuretheESXServersystemappearson
theVMwarehardwarecompatibilitylist:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html
Table 2-1. System Requirements
System Component Lab Manager Server Managed Server
Processor
PentiumIII,Pentium4,
Xeon,Opteron,orAthlon
processor(32bitonly)
IntelXeonandlater,orAMD
Opteron
IntelViivorAMDA64x2
dualcoreprocessors
CPUspeed
550MHzminimum
(Recommended)1GHzor
faster
1500MHzminimum
Memory
512MBminimum
(Recommended)1GBor
more
1GBminimum
(Recommended)2GBormore
2GBormoreswapspacefor
ESX
Ingeneral,add30MBtothe
totalRAMofallvirtual
machinesyouexpecttorun.
Harddisk
40GBminimum
(Recommended)200GBor
more
RAID0orRAID5for
highestperformance
(Recommended)SANstorage.
LabManagersupportsFiber
ChanneladaptersfortheSAN.
Fordetailsonsupportfor
softwareand
hardwareinitiatediSCSI
storage,seetheVMwareLab
ManagerReleaseNotes.
500MBminimumavailablein
the/varpartition.
120MBavailableinthe/usr
partition.
FordetailsonotherSAN
requirements,seetheVMware
Infrastructure3documentation.
CDdrive
CD/DVDdrive