Management Server Requirements (Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.3 Release Notes)

Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.3 Release Notes

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 3–1 Disk Space and RAM Requirements


Disk Space	RAM
5 Gbytes minimum for a management server with one Solaris 10 3/05 OS distribution. However, you will need to increase the available disk space when you have more than one OS distribution or when you need to manage OS updates, firmware updates or when you have a large number of managed servers. The recommended disk space is 35 Gbytes. After the OS is installed, the disk space requirement will reduce by 5 Gbytes.	4 Gbytes minimum for all management servers

Table 3–2 SPARC-based Supported Hardware and Operating Systems


Type	Operating System
Netra^TM 240, 440	Solaris 10 3/05, 64-bit Solaris 10 1/06, 64-bit
Sun Fire^TM T1000 and T2000	Solaris 10 3/05, 64-bit Solaris 10 1/06, 64-bit Solaris 10 6/06, 64-bit Solaris 10 11/06, 64-bit
Sun Fire V210, V240, V440	Solaris 10 3/05, 64-bit Solaris 10 1/06, 64-bit
Sun Fire V490	Solaris 10 3/05, 64-bit Solaris 10 1/06, 64-bit
SunFire V445	Solaris 10 6/06
Sun Fire V215 and Sun Fire V245	Solaris 10 6/06
Sun Fire V125	Solaris 10 6/06 Solaris 10 11/06

Table 3–3 x86 and x64–based Supported Hardware and Operating Systems


Type	Operating System
Sun Fire X2100	Solaris 10 3/05 HW1, 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 1/06, 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 6/06, 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 1/06, 64-bit Solaris x64 Version 10 6/06, 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 1/06 and Solaris 10 6/06, 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
Sun Fire X2100M2	Solaris 10 6/06 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 8, 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 4, 32-bit and 64-bit
Sun Fire X2200 M2	Solaris 10 6/06 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 8, 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 4, 32-bit and 64-bit
Sun Fire X4100 M2 and Sun Fire X4200 M2	Solaris x64 Version 10 HW1, 64-bit Solaris x64 Version 10 1/06, 64-bit Solaris x64 Version 10 6/06, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 1, 64-bit
Sun Fire X4600	Solaris 10 1/06, 64-bit Solaris 10 6/06, 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 4, 64-bit,
Netra X4200 M2	Solaris 10 11/06 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS Update 8, 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 4, 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.