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Chapter 2 Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
Host System Options
You can install ACE Management Server on a Windows host, a Linux host, or as a
virtual appliance. If you set up multiple ACE Management Server instances, they must
all be the same type.
Windows Hosts
If you plan to integrate with Active Directory, VMware recommends that you install
ACE Management Server on a Windows host.
The Windows ACE Management Server uses the WinLDAP library bundled with your
Windows operating system to integrate with Active Directory. Internal testing results
indicate that the Windows implementation provides better performance than Linux.
Linux Hosts
You can install ACE Management Server on a Linux host and use Active Directory for
authentication, even though performance is slower than on Windows hosts. If you plan
to use a Linux host in production environments, use the Linux installer rather than the
ACE Management Server appliance. If you do not have the supported Linux operating
systems installed on a physical server, you can create a virtual machine, install a
supported Linux operating system, and install ACE Management Server in the virtual
machine.
Server Appliance Option
The ACE Management Server appliance is a self‐contained, preinstalled, and
preconfigured ACE Management Server packaged with a small Linux operating
system in a virtual machine. The appliance is convenient and quick to set up in a testing
environment but is not recommended for production environments.
By default, the appliance attempts to configure its network by using DHCP. If you do
not want to use DHCP, you can use the browser‐based ACE Management Server Setup
application to configure the network settings. You can use the same interface to update
the appliance when updates become available.
You must have access to a Web browser (Mozilla 1.52 or higher or Internet Explorer 6.0
or higher) to change network settings or obtain updates for the appliance.
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