Management Server Requirements (Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.1 What's New)

Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.1 What's New

Management Server Requirements

N1 System Manager management server hardware and operating software minimum requirements are listed in the following table.

Caution –

Dedicate the N1 System Manager management server only to the N1 System Manager software. Do not install other applications on the management server. The management server must not be managed by any system management software such as N1 System Manager, Sun Management Center, Sun Control Station, or any other management system.

Table 4–1 Management Server Disk Space and RAM Requirements


Disk Space	RAM
72 Gbytes minimum for all management servers	4 Gbytes minimum for all management servers

Table 4–2 SPARC-based Management Server Supported Hardware and Operating Systems


Type	Operating System
Netra^TM 240, 440	Solaris Version 10, 64-bit Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire^TM T1000, T2000	Solaris Version 10 HW2, 64-bit Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire V210, V240, V440	Solaris Version 10, 64-bit Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire V490	Solaris Version 10, 64-bit Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit

Table 4–3 X86 and X64–based Management Server Supported Hardware and Operating Systems


Type	Operating System
Sun Fire X2100	Solaris Version 10 HW1, 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris Version 10 Update 1, 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris Version 10 Update 2, 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 6, 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 2, 32-bit and 64-bit
Sun Fire X4100 and X4200	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 1, 64-bit Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 2, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 1 and Update 3, 64–bit
Sun Fire V20z and V40z	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 1 and Update 2, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Updates 2 through 4, 32-bit and 64-bit, single core only Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 5, 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 1, 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/

Note –

If the server you have chosen for the management server has only two network interfaces, consider installing a third 10/100 or 10/100/1000 NIC in 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.