3 Delegated Administrator System Requirements

This chapter describes the hardware, operating system, software, and database requirements for installing Oracle Communications Delegated Administrator.

Software Requirements

Delegated Administrator is installed in a web container. It uses an LDAP database for data storage.

Supported Operating Systems

Table 3-1 lists operating systems that support Delegated Administrator.

Table 3-1 Delegated Administrator Operating System Requirements

Operating System CPU Required Patches

Solaris OS 11 SPARC 64-bit

SPARC, X64

See the Solaris 11 Release and Installation documentation for more information.

Solaris OS 11 x86 64-bit

SPARC, x64

See the Solaris 11 Release and Installation documentation for more information.

Solaris OS 10 SPARC 64-bit

SPARC, x64

See the Solaris 10 Release and Installation documentation for more information.

Solaris OS 10 x86 32-bit

SPARC, x64

See the Solaris 10 Release and Installation documentation for more information.

Solaris OS 10 x86 64-bit

SPARC, x64

See the Solaris 10 Release and Installation documentation for more information.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 32-bit

x86

See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation for more information.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit

x64

See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation for more information.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server 64-bit

x64

See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation for more information.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server 64-bit

x64

See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux documentation for more information.

Oracle Linux 5 64-bit

x64

See Oracle Linux documentation for more information.

Oracle Linux 6 64-bit

x64

See Oracle Linux documentation for more information.


Client Requirements

Table 3-2 shows the supported browsers for Delegated Administrator clients.

Table 3-2 Supported Browsers for Delegated Administrator

Browser Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2000 Solaris

Microsoft Internet Explorer

9.x

9.x

6.0 SPI and 7.x

6.0 XPI and 7.x

NA

Firefox

13

13

2.0

2.0

2.0


Hardware Requirements

The number and configuration of the systems that you employ for your Delegated Administrator installation depends on the scale and the kind of deployment you have planned.

Note:

The sizing estimates in this section assume proper application configuration and tuning, in a manner consistent with leading practices of Oracle Communications consulting and performance engineering. This information is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to be, nor shall it be construed as a commitment to deliver Oracle programs or services. This document shall not form the basis for any type of binding representation by Oracle and shall not be construed as containing express or implied warranties of any kind. You understand that information contained in this document will not be a part of any agreement for Oracle programs and services. Business parameters and operating environments vary substantially from customer to customer and as such not all factors, which may impact sizing, have been accounted for in this documentation.

Memory and Disk Space Requirements

The memory and disk space requirements for Delegated Administrator on a single managed server in a GlassFish Server domain are the same as those of the web container to which Delegated Administrator is deployed. For information about the web container's hardware requirements, see the current release notes for this component.

Additional Software Requirements

The following components, tools, and LDAP schema version are required for this release of Delegated Administrator.

Directory Server 6.x, 7, or 11gR1

To enforce unique values for mail attributes, you must install one of these releases:

  • Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition 11gR1

  • Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition 7

  • Directory Server 6.x

Java Enterprise System web container

You must deploy Delegated Administrator to one of the following web containers:

  • Oracle iPlanet Web Server (at least Versions 6.1 or 7)

  • Application Server (at least Versions 7, 8, or 9)

  • Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1.1

  • Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1.2

Directory Server Setup script, comm_dssetup.pl

Use the version that is bundled with the current version of the Communications Suite installer.

Information Requirements

During Delegated Administrator installation, you must enter values for configuration items such as host names and port numbers. This section shows the information that you must provide during the installation and initial configuration process.

Configuration Worksheet

Table 3-3 shows a configuration worksheet. Print and fill out this worksheet to use when responding to the config-commda script configuration options. You use config-commda to configure Delegated Administrator console and utility.

Note:

Support for Access Manager is deprecated. For more information, see Access Manager Support Deprecation in Unified Communications Suite Release Notes.

Table 3-3 config-commda Script Configuration Options

Option Default Value Fill in Your Site's Value (to Respond to the Script)

Directory to store the configuration and data files

/var/opt/sun/comms/da

NA

DA Server Host

FQDN of your host

NA

DA Server Port

8080

NA

Default Domain

your domain

NA

Default SSL Port

443

NA

Web Container

Web Server 6.x

NA

Install Root Directory (for DA Console)

(Default depends on web container selected)

NA

Instance Root Directory

(Default depends on web container selected)

NA

Server Instance Identifier

FQDN of your host

NA

Virtual Server Identifier

FQDN of your host

NA

Web Server HTTP Port

80

NA

Administration Server Port

4849

NA

Administrator User ID

admin

NA

Administrator Password

NA

NA

Secure Administration Server Instance?

Unchecked

NA

Default Domain Separator

@

NA

Directory Access Mode

Direct LDAP

NA

DA Server Web Container (if Direct LDAP is chosen)

Web Server 6.x

NA

Access Manager Base Directory (if AM Mode is chosen)

/opt/SUNWam

NA

Install Root Directory (Default depends on web container selected in Direct LDAP mode or derived from Access Manager install in AM Mode)

NA

NA

Access Manager Base Directory

/opt/SUNWam

NA

Web Container Install Root Directory (for DA Server)

Web Server 6.x

NA

Instance Root Directory

(Default depends on web container selected)

NA

Server Instance Identifier

FQDN of your host

NA

Virtual Server Identifier

FQDN of your host

NA

Web Server HTTP Port

80

NA

Administration Server Port

8800

NA

Administrator User ID

admin

NA

Administrator Password

NA

NA

Secure Administration Server Instance?

Unchecked

NA

URL of Directory Server

ldap://FQDN-of-your-host:389

NA

Bind As

cn=Directory Manager

NA

Password

NA

NA

DA Server Internal LDAP Username

daAdmin

this value is hard-coded

DA Server Internal LDAP Password

NA

NA

AM Top level admin

amadmin

this value is hard-coded by Access Manager

AM admin password

NA

NA

Access Manager Internal LDAP Auth Username

amldapuser

this value is hard-coded by Access Manager

AM Internal LDAP Auth Password for amldapuser

NA

NA

Organization DAN

o=yourDefaultDomain,o=ugrootsuffix

NA

Top Level Admin for Delegated Administrator

admin

NA

Password

NA

NA

Load Sample Service Packages

Y

NA

Load Sample Organizations

Y

NA

Preferred Mailhost for Sample

FQDN of your host

NA