Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide

Sun Management Center Base Layer Requirements

The following table provides a summary of Sun Management Center 3.5 base layer requirements. For specific information about determining the total amount of resources needed, see Appendix C, Determining Hardware Resources.

Table 2–3 Sun Management Center 3.5 Base Layer System Requirements


Base Layer	Operating System	Disk Space	RAM	Swap
Server	Solaris 8, Solaris 9 Solaris Developer Software Group installation	800 Mbytes total: 300 Mbytes in `/opt`, 500 Mbytes in `/var/opt`	512 Mbytes minimum 1 Gbyte recommended for small to large servers 2 Gbytes recommended for extra-large servers.	1 Gbyte recommended
Agent	Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9 releases	18 Mbytes per agent in `/opt/SUNWsymon`. 2 Mbytes per agent in `/var/opt/SUNWsymon`.	10 to 29 Mbytes per agent depending on modules loaded and system type
Java Console	Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9 releases	Solaris platform: 62 Mbytes	Solaris platform: 256 Mbytes	Solaris platform: 130 Mbytes
	Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT SP 4 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	Microsoft Windows platform: 35 Mbytes	Microsoft Windows platform: 256 Mbytes	Microsoft Windows platform: 768 Mbytes

The default maximum heap size for the console and server is 64 Mbytes apiece. You can customize the maximum heap size for the console and server as described in Starting Components Using es-start.