Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide

Sun N1 System Manager Hardware and OS Requirements

The information in this section will help you determine what operating system, hardware, and storage resources must be allocated or acquired to implement the N1 System Manager system.

This section discusses the following topics:

Management Server Requirements

N1 System Manager management server hardware and operating software minimum requirements are listed in the following table. See Table 2–5 for specific management server sizing information based on the number of provisionable servers to be managed.


Caution – Caution –

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


Table 2–1 SPARC-based Management Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type 

Management Port Type 

Operating System 

Disk Space 

RAM 

NetraTM 240, 440

ALOM 

Solaris 10 GA and later 

72 Gbytes minimum 

4 Gbytes minimum 

Sun FireTM V210, V240, V440

ALOM 

Solaris 10 GA and later 

Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 HW2 and later 

Table 2–2 X86–Based Management Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type 

Management Port Type 

Operating System 

Disk Space 

RAM 

Sun Fire X2100 with the 8081A IPMI 1.5 Remote Management Card: Part Number: 371-0743 

SP 

Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Updates 2 through 5, 32–bit and 64–bit 

72 Gbytes minimum 

4 Gbytes minimum 

Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 

ILOM 

Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit 

Sun Fire V20z and V40z 

SP 

Solaris x86 Version 10 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Updates 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.


Note –

If the server you have chosen for the management server has only two network interfaces, consider installing a third 10/100 NIC in the N1 System Manager. A third NIC enables you to assign the management, provisioning, and data networks to separate network interfaces, and simplifies administrative tasks. The example diagrams and configurations in this document assume that an additional NIC has been installed in the management server.


Provisionable Server Requirements

N1 System Manager provisionable server hardware and operating software requirements are listed in the following tables.

Table 2–3 SPARC-Based Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type 

Management Port Type 

Provisionable OS 

Disk Space Requirements 

RAM Requirements 

Sun Netra 240 and 440 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 GA and later 

Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8 

12 Gbytes minimum for all provisionable servers 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1-Gbyte recommended for all provisionable servers 

Sun Fire V210, V240, and V440 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 GA and later 

Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8 

Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 HW2 and later 

Table 2–4 X86–Based Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type 

Management Port Type 

Provisionable OS 

Disk Space Requirements 

RAM Requirements 

Sun Fire X2100 with the 8081A IPMI 1.5 Remote Management Card: Part Number: 371-0743 

SP 

Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS update 1, 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.2, 64–bit only 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.3, 64–bit only 

12 Gbytes minimum for all  

512 Mbytes minimum, 1-Gbyte recommended 

Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 

ILOM 

Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS update 1, 64–bit only 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1, 64–bit only 

Sun Fire V20z and V40z 

SP 

Solaris x86 Version 10 and later 

Solaris x86 Version 9 update 7 and update 8 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 1 through 5 for 32–bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 3 through 5, 64-bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS, 64-bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS update 1, 32–bit and 64-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1, 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 , 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.3, 32–bit and 64–bit 

Recommended Switch Configuration

You can use a single VLAN-programmable switch to provide the management, provisioning, and data network infrastructure. However, for ease of management, you should install one VLAN-programmable switch for the management network, and a second VLAN-programmable switch for the provisioning and data network. Each management, provisioning, and data network should be assigned to separate subnets and VLANs.


Note –

In order to support firmware updates for the Sun Fire V20z and V40z provisionable servers, the management network switch should be configured to auto-negotiate link speed.


The management switch and the provisioning and data network switch should support the following Ethernet connectivity.