Supported Platforms, Requirements, and Agent Resource Usage

This section gives updated information on supported platforms, requirements, and agent resource usage for Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1.

Supported Platforms

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 supports the same operating environments as Sun Management Center 3.5. The following table lists the supported platforms. For more information, see the Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Table 2–1 Supported Platforms

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 Component	Operating System
Agent (SPARC)	Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9 releases
Agent (x86)	Solaris 9 release
Server	Solaris 8, Solaris 9 releases
Console	Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9 releases  Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows NT SP 4 or later, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

JDK Version Requirements

Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 requires JDK 1.4.2 for the Sun Management Center server layer. The JDK 1.4.2 is shipped with Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 and can be found on the Sun Management Center 3.5 Update 1 Software CD 1 of 2 in the directory JDK1.4.2_03.

For more information, see the README.html file in the JDK1.4.2_03/Solaris directory and the “JDK Version Requirements” in the Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Agent Resource Usage

The following table gives estimates of the agent CPU and RAM usage by system type and includes information for the x86 agent.

Table 2–2 Agent CPU and RAM Use Estimates by System Type

		CPU Usage			RAM Usage
Server Type	Heavy or Light Configuration	Maximum	Minimum	Average	Average Size	Average Resident Size
Netra X1	Light	4.10%	0.0%	0.05%	10 Mbytes	9 Mbytes
Sun Enterprise 420R	Light	3.17%	0.0%	0.02%	9 Mbytes	8 Mbytes
Sun Blade 1000	Light	0.38%	0.0%	0.02%	10 Mbytes	9 Mbytes
Sun Blade 100	Heavy	9.16%	0.04%	0.65%	13 Mbytes	12 Mbytes
B100x with 1 CPU at 1533 MHz (x86)	Light	1.07%	0.06%	0.25%	3 Mbytes	3 Mbytes