N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide

Chapter 2 System Requirements for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0

This chapter lists the system requirements for installing and using the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0. This chapter discusses the following topics:

General System Requirements

This section lists requirements for installing and using the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0:

Supported Operating Systems

You can install the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Master Server on servers that are running the following operating systems:

Solaris 8 OS running on SPARC® based servers
Solaris 9 OS running on SPARC and x86 based servers
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

You can install the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Remote Agent, Local Distributor, and CLI Client on servers that are running the following operating systems:

Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 OS running on SPARC based servers
Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 OS running on SPARC and x86 based servers
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0
IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Supported Web Browsers

The following table lists the web browser requirements for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 browser interface.

Table 2–1 Web Browser Requirements for the Browser Interface


Platform	Browser
Solaris	Netscape Navigator 6.2.2, Netscape Navigator 7.0
Red Hat	Netscape Navigator 6, Netscape Navigator 7.1
Windows	Internet Explorer 6, Netscape Navigator 6, Netscape Navigator 7.1

Note –

Some web proxy servers are configured to block popup windows. The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 relies on the ability to present popup windows to run properly. Do not run web proxy servers that block popup windows.

Required Operating System Patches

The following table lists the required patches for each supported operating system.

Table 2–2 Required Patches for Supported Operating Systems


OS Version	Required Patches
Solaris 7	106980-16 106541-16 107544-03 106950-13 106327-08 106300-09
Solaris 8, SPARC based servers	111310-01 109147-28 111308-04 112438-03 108434-15 108435-15 111111-04 112396-02 110386-03 111023-03 111317-05 113648-03 115827-01 116602-01 108987-13 108528-29 108989-02 108993-33 109326-14 110615-10
Solaris 9, SPARC based servers	None
Solaris 9, x86 based servers	None
Solaris 10, SPARC based servers	None
Solaris 10, x86 based servers	None

IBM AIX 5.1	AIX 5100-04 maintenance level (APAR IY44478)
IBM AIX 5.2	AIX 5200–01 maintenance level (APAR IY 44479)

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1	None
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0	None
Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server	Service Pack 3

Requirements for SSH

If you want to use SSH for secure connections on Solaris OS, Red Hat Linux, or IBM AIX servers, you must have SSH protocol version 2 installed on each machine that you want to use SSH.

Requirement for Jython

If you want to use Jython with the CLI Client, install Jython version 2.0 or higher. For more information about Jython, see http://www.jython.org.

Requirements for Locales

The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 has been internationalized to install and run in localized environment. Also, The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 accepts non–ASCII characters. You will need to adhere to the following requirements if you require that the software support non-ASCII characters:

All applications must be run in the same locale or in locales that are equivalent. The Remote Agent, Local Distributors, and CLI Client must run a locale that is compatible with the locale in which the Master Server is running.
You must use Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0, or Netscape 7.0.
Set the web browser Character Interface to use UTF-8, which is also known as Unicode or Universal Alphabet.
In the configuration files, such as the config.properties file, all non-ASCII characters must be Unicode-encoded. You can create configuration files in any encoding. Then, use the native2ascii command that is available in the Java^TM Development Kit (JDK) package to convert the file to Unicode-encoded ASCII characters.

Application Requirements

This section lists the requirements for installing and using each of the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 applications:

System Requirements for Applications on Solaris OS Systems

Solaris Master Server

The Solaris Master Server requires the Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 operating system. The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

SPARC hardware only for the Solaris 8 operating system.
450 MHz single or multiple CPU.
At least 1 GByte RAM.
2 GBytes HD free space. The space required for the database is determined by the size of your deployed applications.

The following table lists the /etc/system settings that are required for a Solaris system that is running the Master Server.

Note –

If you are using the Solaris 9 OS, you cannot change the values for shmsys:shminfo_shmmin and shmsys:shminfo_shmseg. The default values for these settings are acceptable.

Table 2–3 Solaris /etc/system Settings


Variable	Minimum Value
`shmsys:shminfo_shmmax`	0x20000000 [536870912 in decimal (512Mb), but this number must be specified in hex for the Solaris 8 Operating System.]
`shmsys:shminfo_shmmin`	1
`shmsys:shminfo_shmmni`	2
`shmsys:shminfo_shmseg`	1
`semsys:seminfo_semmni`	32
`semsys:seminfo_semmns`	512
`semsys:seminfo_semmsl`	17
`semsys:seminfo_semvmx`	537

Solaris Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client

The Solaris Local Distributor requires the Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9, or Solaris 10 operating system. The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

SPARC hardware only for the Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 operating systems.
400 MHz single or multiple CPU.
At least 256 MBytes RAM.
1 GBytes HD free space. The space required for cache is determined by the size of your deployed applications.

System Requirements for Applications on Red Hat Linux

The bc command must be in the user's path when the Red Hat Linux Master Server installation begins. Without the bc command, the installation exits and requests that bc be installed. Install the bc-1.06-5.rpm package or a later version of the package.

Red Hat Linux Master Server

The Red Hat Linux Master Server requires Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1.

The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

1 GHz single or multiple CPU, Intel x86-compatible hardware only.
At least 1 GByte RAM.
2 GBytes HD free space. The space required for the database is determined by the size of your deployed applications.

The Red Hat Linux Master Server installer checks the following system parameters and exits with an error if the minimum values are not met.

Table 2–4 Red Hat System Settings


System Parameter	Minimum Value
`shmall` in `/proc/sys/kernel/shmall`	536870912 (512Mb)
`shmmax` in `/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax`	536870912 (512Mb)

Red Hat Linux Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client

The Red Hat Linux Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client require one of the following versions of Red Hat Linux:

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0

The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

1 GHz single or multiple CPU, Intel x86-compatible hardware only.
At least 1 GByte RAM.
1 GByte HD free space. The space that is required for cache is determined by the size of your deployed applications.

System Requirements for Applications on IBM AIX

The IBM AIX Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client require the AIX 5.1, or 5.2 operating system. The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

400 MHz single or multiple CPU, pSeries hardware only.
At least 256 MBytes RAM.
1 GByte HD free space. The space that is required for cache is determined by the size of your deployed applications.

System Requirements for Applications on Windows 2000

When running the Windows Master Server, Remote Agent, Local Distributor, or CLI Client, you must have enough space in the home directory for creating intermediate files. The space requirement is approximately equivalent to the size of the files that are installed to run the application.

Windows 2000 Master Server

The Windows Master Server requires one of the following versions of Windows:

Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server

The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

1 GHz single or multiple CPU, Intel x86-compatible hardware only.
At least 1 GByte RAM.
2 GBytes HD free space The space required by the database is determined by the size of your deployed applications.

Windows 2000 Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client

The Windows Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client require one of the following versions of Windows:

Windows 2000 Server
Windows 2000 Advanced Server

The server must meet the following hardware requirements:

1 GHz single or multiple CPU, Intel x86-compatible hardware only.
At least 1 GByte RAM.
1 GByte HD free space The space that is required for the database is determined by the size of your deployed applications.