Management Server Requirements

N1 System Manager management server hardware and operating software minimum requirements are listed in the following table. See Table 2–3 for specific management server sizing information based on the number of provisionable servers to be managed.

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Caution –

Dedicate the management server only to N1 System Manager software. Do not install other applications on the management server.

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Table 2–1 Management Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type		Operating System	Disk Space	RAM
SPARC
	NetraTM 240, 440	Solaris 10	72 Gbytes minimum	4 Gbytes minimum
	Sun FireTM V210, V240, V440	Solaris 10
x86
	Sun Fire X4100 and X4200	Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit	72 Gbytes minimum	4 Gbytes minimum
	Sun Fire V20z and V40z	Solaris x86 Version 10  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 2 through 5, 32–bit and 64–bit

A minimum of 3.0 Gbytes should be allocated for each OS distribution you plan to provision.

• On a Solaris-based management server, OS distributions are stored as follows:

  • Linux OS distributions are stored in /var/opt/SUNWscs/share/allstart

  • Solaris OS distributions are stored in /var/js

• On a Linux-based management server, OS distributions are stored as follows:

  • Linux OS distributions are stored in /var/opt/sun/scs/share/allstart/

  • Solaris OS distributions are stored in /var/opt/sun/scs/share/allstart/jumpstart/

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Note –

For ease of administration, install a 10/100 NIC as ETH2 in the N1 System Manager management server to provide connectivity through the management switch to the management interfaces of the provisionable servers. Example diagrams and configurations in this document assume that an additional 10/100/1000 NIC has been installed in the management server.

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