This
document provides an overview of the system requirements and supported devices for
HP Network Node Manager iSPI Performance for Quality Assurance Software (NNM
iSPI Performance for QA) version 9.00.
This
document is intended to augment the Release
Notes. You can find both the Support Matrix (nmQASPI_supportmatrix_en.html)
and the Release Notes (nmQASPI_releasenotes_en.html)
at the root directory of the installation media.
Installation
Pre-Requisite
Hardware
and Software Requirements
Hardware
CPU, RAM, and Disk Space Requirements / Maximum
Supported Managed Environment
Operating System
Virtual Memory/Swap Space
Database
High
Availability
Web
Browser
Internationalization and
Localization Support
Integration
with Other Products
Supported Network
Devices
Pre-installation
requirements, as well as instructions for installing NNM iSPI Performance for QA,
are documented in the installation guide provided in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The document file is included on the product's
installation media as: nmQASPI_InstallGuide_en.pdf. After
installation, this document can be found from the NNM iSPI Performance for QA
User Interface by selecting Help → NNM iSPI Documentation Library → iSPI
Performance for QA Install Guide.
You
must install HP Network
Node Manager i Software (NNMi)
9.00 installed before you start installing NNM iSPI Performance for QA.
Before you install NNM iSPI Performance for QA, make
sure that your system meets the following minimum requirements:
·
Intel 64-bit (x86-64) or
AMD 64-bit (AMD64)
§
Only supported for the
Windows or Linux operating systems.
·
Itanium Processor Family
§
Only supported for the
HP-UX operating system.
·
Sun SPARC
§
Only supported for the
Solaris operating system.
§
The NNM iSPI
Performance for QA supports the following
Solaris processors:
UltraSPARC IIIi, IV, IV+
SPARC64 V, V+
SPARC64 VI, VII (M-class)
§
The NNM iSPI
Performance for QA does not support the following Solaris T series
processors:
UltraSPARC T1, T2, and T2+
·
Hypervisor
Virtualization
§
VMWare ESX Server 3.5 or 4.x
o Only supported for the Windows or Linux
operating systems.
o Virtual environment must meet the x86-64 or
AMD64 hardware requirements listed here.
o Bridged network environment required. NAT'ed network environments are not supported.
§
HP Integrity Virtual
Machines
o Only supported for the HP-UX operating system
|
QA
Network Management Environment Size |
Recommended Hardware System Requirements |
|||||||
|
Approximate |
Number of |
Number of |
Number of |
CPU
(64-bit) |
RAM |
Recommended Java heap
size2 |
Disk space for |
Disk space for database
and data during execution |
|
All Tiers |
1600 |
1600 |
10 |
4 CPU cores |
NNMi Requirement + 2 GB |
2GB (Xmx2048m) |
500MB |
NNMi Requirement + 30GB |
These
values are approximate and reflect levels tested by HP. The number of currently
discovered QA probes is displayed in the NNM iSPI Performance for QA "Help for NNMiSPI
--> System information for iSPI Performance for QA"
dialog. Managed environments bigger than these are not supported without
additional HP approval.
1 Minimum
of 2.5GHz for x64 and 1.4GHz for IPF or RISC.
2 These are recommendations based on the environment size listed in
the table above. Managing less number of QA probes may use the less Java heap. Managing more, may require increasing the java heap
size and HP approval.
3 $NnmInstallDir is
configured during installation on Windows (C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP BTO
Software\ by default), or on UNIX by creating a symlink
to /opt/OV/.
4 $NnmDataDir is configured during
installation on Windows 2003 (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\HP\HP BTO Software\ by default), or Windows 2008 (C:\ProgramData\HP\HP BTO
Software\ by default), or on UNIX creating a symlink
of /var/opt/OV/.
These recommendations only apply to NNM iSPI Performance for QA
running under the default settings. If you intend to run any of the other NNM iSPIs, please review each iSPI support matrix before
determining the hardware you need. Each of the NNM iSPIs
may require additional hardware beyond what NNMi and
NNM iSPI Performance for QA require. If you are running additional
applications, please increase resources appropriately.
For
CPU, RAM, and disk space requirements to install Network Performance Server and
NNMi on the same server, see HP Network Performance Server Software System and Device Support Matrix.
Notes
HP-UX 11i v3
Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
Solaris on
Intel Architecture is not supported.
For detailed pre-requisites for installing refer
to NNMi 9.00 Support Matrix.
·
Recommended size is at
least equal to physical memory
·
Verify virtual memory
via the cat /proc/meminfo | grep Swap command on Linux, or System Properties
on Windows.
·
Adjust virtual memory
via the parted and mkswap command on Linux, or System Properties
on Windows.
NNM
iSPI Performance for QA can run in a High Availability (HA) Cluster environment with
additional configuration. See the Deployment
Reference for information about
how to install and configure NNM iSPI Performance for QA with high
availability systems. The following configurations are supported on NNM iSPI Performance for QA Supported
Operating Systems:
·
Microsoft: Microsoft
Cluster Services for Windows 2003 or 2008
·
HP-UX: HP Serviceguard version 11.18
·
Linux
§
Veritas
5.0 or greater
§
Service Guard - 11.18 or
greater
·
Solaris: Veritas Cluster Server version 5.0
NNM iSPI
Performance for QA can store its data using the embedded PostgreSQL database
that is automatically installed when you install NNMi
9.00 or in the Oracle database that NNMi uses. You
must select the database that NNMi uses (PostgreSQL
or Oracle) while installing NNM iSPI Performance for QA. You cannot change the database type (PostgreSQL or Oracle) after installation.
NOTE:
you cannot change from an embedded database to Oracle or back after
installation.
·
Embedded database on the
management system
§
The embedded database is
automatically installed and automatically initialized and maintained by NNMi 9.00
§
The embedded database
comes with tools for re-initialization, online backup, and restore
§
The embedded database
performs well for most deployments
·
Oracle 10g Release 2
(10.2.0.x) or Oracle 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.x), installed on a remote system
§
Recommend at least a 1Gb
network connection between the NNMi 9.00 management
server and the database server
§
The Oracle database user must be created before
install (see Installation
Guide) with appropriate tablespace
§
Any Window Popup
Blockers must be disabled for the browser (see instructions on the console
sign-in page or Installation
Guide)
§
Cookies must be enabled
for the browser (see instructions on the console sign-in page or Installation Guide)
§
Client display should
have a resolution of at least 1024x768
§
Caution:
The following browsers
are not supported:
o Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 (browser
causes layout problems)
o Apple Safari (all versions)
o Opera (all versions)
o Google Chrome (all versions)
§
Microsoft Internet
Explorer version 8.
§
Microsoft Internet
Explorer version 7.0.5730.11 or newer with October 2007 or later Cumulative
Patch for Internet Explorer 7. This patch increases the number of Internet
Explorer cookies from 20 to 50, allowing for saving of more NNM console table
configurations.
§
Mozilla Firefox version
3.6 or newer minor version from a Windows or Linux client. The Firefox browser
is downloadable from www.mozilla.org/firefox.
The Firefox browser works best if new windows are not opened as tabs. For
information, see Mozilla Firefox Known Problems
in the Release Notes.
§
Any browser supported
for operational use (see above) when running on the management server
NNM
iSPI Performance for QA is internationalized and can be used on operating
systems configured for non-US-English locales that are supported by the
operating systems. Those locales include variants of Japanese, Simplified
Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, and Western and Central European locales, and
Russian.
On Windows systems, NNM iSPI
Performance for QA does not support
installation using directory paths with localized characters; path names for $NnmInstallDir and $NnmDataDir can
contain English characters only.
NNM iSPI
Performance for QA is localized (or
translated) to Japanese and Simplified Chinese. When those localized packages
are installed, Japanese or Simplified Chinese are displayed (as output) and NNM iSPI
Performance for QA accepts non-English characters
as input. With all other locales, English strings appear as output while NNM iSPI
Performance for QA accepts non-English
characters as input.
The following table lists the localized
languages and supported Locales for each operating system.
|
Operating System |
Localized
Languages |
|
|
Japanese |
Simplified
Chinese |
|
|
Windows |
Japanese |
Chinese_PRC |
|
HP-UX |
ja_JP.SJIS |
zh_CN.hp15CN |
|
Linux |
ja_JP |
zh_CN |
|
Solaris |
ja_JP.PCK |
zh |
Before using Internet Explorer to access an NNMi management server that is configured to support the
Asian Languages, install the East Asian Language with the following procedure:
1.
In the Control Panel, select Regional and Language Options.
2.
On the Languages tab, select Install files for East Asian Languages, and then follow the instructions.
The
following products have additional functionality available through an NNM iSPI
Performance for QA 9.00 integration.
·
HP Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-In for MPLS 9.00
·
HP Network Node Manager i Software Smart Plug-In for IP Telephony 9.00
NNM
iSPI Performance for QA supports the NNMi supported
devices that match the following MIB specifications:
·
Cisco devices which support the IP SLA Tests and MIB
CISCO-RTTMON-MIB [1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.42]
·
All devices which support the RFC 4560 or RFC 2925 (DISMAN PING
MIB)
Note:
The recommended Cisco IOS IP SLA version is 12.x or greater.
This
device support information is based on the latest information available to HP
at the time of publication. Note that device vendors can at any time alter a
device's MIB usage (for example, in newer IOS or system software versions) and
invalidate NNM iSPI Performance for QA’s interpretation of that device's
MIB data.
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·
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·
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·
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·
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·
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·
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·
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·
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