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System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and
Managed Server
Review the system requirements for the Lab Manager Server and Managed Server
components. For more information on requirements specific to ESX Server, see the
VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation. Make sure the ESX Server system appears on
the VMware hardware compatibility list:
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html
Table 2-1. System Requirements
System Component
Processor
CPU speed
Memory
Hard disk
CD drive
VMware, Inc.
Lab Manager Server
Pentium III, Pentium 4,
Xeon, Opteron, or Athlon
processor (32‐bit only)
550MHz minimum
(Recommended) 1GHz or
faster
512MB minimum
(Recommended) 1GB or
more
40GB minimum
(Recommended) 200GB or
more
RAID 0 or RAID 5 for
highest performance
CD/DVD drive
Chapter 2 Installation Requirements
Managed Server
Intel Xeon and later, or AMD
Opteron
Intel Viiv or AMD A64 x2
dual‐core processors
1500MHz minimum
1GB minimum
(Recommended) 2GB or more
2GB or more swap space for
ESX
In general, add 30MB to the
total RAM of all virtual
machines you expect to run.
(Recommended) SAN storage.
Lab Manager supports Fiber
Channel adapters for the SAN.
For details on support for
software and
hardware‐initiated iSCSI
storage, see the VMware Lab
Manager Release Notes.
500MB minimum available in
the /var partition.
120MB available in the /usr
partition.
For details on other SAN
requirements, see the VMware
Infrastructure 3 documentation.
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