Hardware Platform Requirements Overview - Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Planning Manual

Platform requirements
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Hardware platform requirements overview

Hardware platform requirements overview
For all bare metal installations, Alcatel-Lucent requires the use of supported HP Intel
based x86 workstations running RHEL.
For optimal disk I/O performance, the read and write caches must be enabled for each
disk / volume. Specific HBA controllers may be required for certain platforms to ensure
that the read and write caches can be enabled. The server vendor should be consulted to
determine the correct HBA controller to allow the creation of the correct number of
volumes and enable the read and write caches.
Redundant installations of 5620 SAM requires matching workstations for the active and
inactive platforms. It is acceptable to have different platforms for the Server, Database,
and auxiliaries but their redundant platform must be the same.
Applications that are not sanctioned by Alcatel-Lucent should not be running on any of
the 5620 SAM server, auxiliary or database workstations. Alcatel-Lucent reserves the
right to remove any application from workstations running 5620 SAM components that
are suspected of causing issues.
The hardware platforms do not support running applications that are not specifically
identified for that platform. For instance, a 5620 SAM client is not supported on the
hardware platform for a distributed or collocated 5620 SAM Server as there is a
significant memory requirement for the 5620 SAM client that will impact the behavior of
the 5620 SAM Server platform.
In exceptional circumstances, a single 5620 SAM GUI Client can be temporarily run from
a 5620 SAM Server, provided that a minimum of 16 GB RAM is installed on the 5620
SAM Server in a distributed configuration, and 24 GB RAM is installed on the 5620
SAM Server/Database in a collocated configuration.
5620 SAM supports the use of the Operating System SNMP agent for monitoring
platform availability and system resources. The number of OIDs retrieved must not
exceed 100 per minute to ensure 5620 SAM is not negatively impacted.
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Hardware platform requirements overview
3HE-09809-AAAG-TQZZA 13.0 R7
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5620 SAM