Sun Microsystems Solaris 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - Extreme Networks EPICenter Installation Manual

EPICenter Installation Overview

Sun Microsystems Solaris 10

The EPICenter Server. The EPICenter Server software, version 7.1, is supported under the Sun Solaris
Operating Environment on SPARC workstations. The system requirements for the Server and Client are
as follows:
2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended.
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If the Gold upgrade license is installed to allow up to 2,000 devices, up to 4 GB may be needed for
very large numbers of devices (1000 or more).
400 Mhz or better processor
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2 GB disk space available.
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Swap space equal to double the amount of memory. For example, if you have 512 MB of RAM, you
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should have 1 GB of swap space.
The EPICenter Server software requires the 1.6.0_10 Java runtime package, which is included in the
Server installation. No separate installation is needed.
NOTE
Additional disk space may be needed to hold alarm logs and other runtime data. The amount of space depends on
the number of devices and the number of traps and syslog messages generated by the managed devices.
The EPICenter Client. The system requirements for the EPICenter Client under Solaris are as follows:
A monitor that supports at least 1024 x 768 resolution, and 16-bit color. Your system display settings
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must be set for at least 65536 colors.
512 MB RAM minimum. (Up to 1 GB recommended.)
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256 MB disk space available.
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Swap space equal to double the amount of memory. For example, if you have 512 MB of RAM, you
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should have 1 GB of swap space.
A browser (Mozilla Firefox) is required to launch the EPICenter Client, display reports, and view the
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EPICenter online Help.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

The EPICenter Server. The EPICenter Server software, version 7.1, is supported under Red Hat
Enterprise Linux version 5. Both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported, only on X-86 based
platforms. The system requirements are as follows:
2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended.
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If the Gold upgrade license is installed to allow up to 2,000 devices, up to 4 GB may be needed for
very large numbers of devices (1000 or more).
1 GHz or greater Pentium-compatible processor (2 GHz recommended).
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2 GB disk space available.
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Swap space equal to double the amount of memory. For example, if you have 512 MB of RAM, you
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should have 1 GB of swap space.
A GUI/Desktop environment must be installed on the server machine.
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EPICenter Installation and Upgrade Guide