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Chapter 2 System Requirements for the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1

This chapter lists the system requirements for installing and using the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1. This chapter discusses the following topics:

Operating System Requirements

You can install the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Master Server, Remote Agent, Local Distributor, and CLI Client on servers that are running the following operating systems:

Table 2–1 Supported Operating Systems for the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1

N1 Service Provisioning System Application 

Supported Operating Systems 

Master Server 

  • Solaris 8 OS running on SPARC® based servers

  • Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 OS running on SPARC and x86 based servers

  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Local Distributor, Remote Agent, CLI Client 

  • Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 OS running on SPARC based servers

  • Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 OS running on SPARC and x86 based servers

  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 and Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0

  • IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

  • HP-UX 11i V1 on PA-RISC based servers

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Standard, Enterprise, or Web Edition

  • Microsoft Windows Standard 2003 x64 Edition or Microsoft Windows Enterprise x64 Edition

Operating System Configurations

To install and run the provisioning system, you must configure your systems as described in the following sections.

Solaris System Configuration Requirements

A Solaris system that is running the Master Server requires the following /etc/system settings.

Note –

If you are using the Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 OS, you cannot change the values for shmsys:shminfo_shmmin and shmsys:shminfo_shmseg. If you are using the Solaris 10 OS, you cannot change the values for shmsys:shminfo_shmmax, shmsys:shminfo_shmmni, semsys:seminfo_semmns, and semsys:seminfo_semvmx.

The default values for these settings are acceptable.

Table 2–2 Solaris /etc/system Settings

Variable 

Minimum Value 

shmsys:shminfo_shmmax

0x20000000 [536870912 in decimal (512Mb), but this number must be specified in hex for the Solaris 8 Operating System.]

shmsys:shminfo_shmmin

1 

shmsys:shminfo_shmmni

2 

shmsys:shminfo_shmseg

1 

semsys:seminfo_semmni

32 

semsys:seminfo_semmns

512 

semsys:seminfo_semmsl

17 

semsys:seminfo_semvmx

537 

For more instructions to change the /etc/system settings, see Solaris Tunable Parameters Reference Manual.

Linux System Configuration Requirements

The bc command must be in the user's path when you install the N1 Service Provisioning System. Without the bc command, the installation exits and requests that bc be installed. Install the bc-1.06-5.rpm package or a later version of the package.

When you install the N1 Service Provisioning System on an NFS mounted directory on a SUSE Linux 8 server and you want to use SSH or SSL for secure connections, configure the NFS client with nolocks or the NFS server to allow locks. If neither the NFS client nor the NFS server is configured properly, the N1 Service Provisioning System application will not start.

The Linux Master Server installation program checks the following system parameters and exits with an error if the minimum values are not met.

Table 2–3 Linux Master Server System Settings

System Parameter 

Minimum Value 

shmall in /proc/sys/kernel/shmall

536870912 (512Mb) 

shmmax in /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

536870912 (512Mb) 

Required Operating System Patches

The following table lists the required patches for each supported operating system.

Table 2–4 Required Patches for Supported Operating Systems

OS Version 

Required Patches 

Solaris 7 

106980-16  

106541-16 

107544-03  

106950-13 

106327-08 

106300-09 

Solaris 8, SPARC based servers 

111310-01 

109147-28 

111308-04 

112438-03 

108434-15 

108435-15 

111111-04 

112396-02 

110386-03 

111023-03 

111317-05 

113648-03 

115827-01 

116602-01 

108987-13 

108528-29 

108989-02 

108993-33 

109326-14 

110615-10 

Solaris 9, SPARC based servers 

114356-06 

Solaris 9, x86 based servers 

114357–06 

Solaris 10, SPARC based servers 

None 

Solaris 10, x86 based servers 

None 
   

IBM AIX 5.1 

AIX 5.1–5.1.4.0 maintenance level: APAR IY44478  

IBM AIX 5.2 

AIX 5.2–5.2.1.0 maintenance level: APAR IY44479 

IBM AIX 5.3 

AIX 5.3.1.0 maintenance level: APAR IY58143 
   

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 

None 

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0 

None 
   

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 

None 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 

None 
   

HP-UX 11i V1 on PA-RISC based systems 

PHNE_23502 

PHKL_24253 

PHKL_24254 

PHKL_24255 

PHKL_24256 

PHKL_24257 

PHKL_24751 

PHNE_25084 

PHCO_25226 

PHKL_25227 

PHKL_25367 

PHCO_25452 

PHKL_25468 

PHKL_25614 

PHKL_25728 

PHKL_25729 

PHKL_25840 

PHKL_25842 

PHKL_25871 

PHKL_27091 

PHKL_27092 

PHKL_28489 

PHNE_29887 

PHCO_29960 

PHSS_30049 
   

Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server 

Service Pack 3 

Windows Server 2003 

none 

Windows Server 2003 x64 

none 

Hardware Requirements

Master Server Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the hardware requirements for installing the Master Server on the supported operating systems.

Table 2–5 Hardware Requirements for the Master Server
 

Solaris 

Red Hat Linux 

Windows 

Hardware 

SPARC or x86 based [SPARC only for the Solaris 8 OS]

x86 based 

x86 based 

CPU 

450 MHz single or multiple CPU 

1 GHz single or multiple CPU 

1 GHz single or multiple CPU 

RAM 

At least 1 GByte RAM 

At least 1 GByte RAM 

At least 1 GByte RAM 

Free Hard Disk Space 

2 GBytes 

2 GBytes 

2 GByte 

Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the hardware requirements for installing the Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client on the supported operating systems.

Table 2–6 Hardware Requirements for the Local Distributor, Remote Agent, and CLI Client
 

Solaris 

Red Hat Linux 

IBM AIX 

Suse Linux 

HP-UX 

Windows 

Hardware 

SPARC or x86 based [SPARC only for the Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 OS]

x86 based 

pSeries 

x86 based 

PA-RISC based 

x86 based 

CPU 

400 MHz single or multiple CPU 

1 GHz single or multiple CPU 

400 MHz single or multiple CPU 

400 MHz single or multiple CPU 

400 MHz single or multiple CPU 

1 GHz single or multiple CPU 

RAM 

At least 256 MBytes RAM 

At least 1 GByte RAM 

At least 256 MBytes RAM 

At least 1 Gbye RAM 

At least 256 MBytes RAM 

At least 1 GByte RAM 

Free Hard Disk Space 

1 GBytes 

1 GByte 

1 GByte 

1 GByte 

1 GByte 

1 GByte HD free space 

General System Requirements

This section lists general system requirements for installing and using the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1.

Supported Web Browsers

The following table lists the web browser requirements for the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 browser interface.

Table 2–7 Web Browser Requirements for the Browser Interface

Platform 

Browser 

Solaris, Red Hat, SUSE, HP-UX 

Netscape NavigatorTM 7.1, MozillaTM 1.4

Windows 

Netscape Navigator 7.1, Mozilla 1.4, Internet Explorer 5.5, Internet Explorer 6.0 

AIX 

Mozilla 1.4 

Note –

Some web proxy servers are configured to block popup windows. The N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 relies on the ability to present popup windows to run properly. Do not run web proxy servers that block popup windows or set your browser to block popup windows.

To run properly, the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 relies on the ability to use cookies. Set your browser to allow the use of cookies.

Requirements for SSH

If you want to use SSH for secure connections on Linux and UNIX systems, you must have SSH protocol version 2 installed on each server that you want to use SSH.

Requirement for Jython

If you want to use Jython with the CLI Client, install Jython version 2.0 or higher. For more information about Jython, see http://www.jython.org.

Requirements for Locales

The N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 has been internationalized to install and run in localized environment. Also, the N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 accepts non–ASCII characters. You will need to adhere to the following requirements if you require that the software support non-ASCII characters:

  • All applications must be run in the same locale or in locales that are equivalent. The Remote Agent, Local Distributors, and CLI Client must run a locale that is compatible with the locale in which the Master Server is running.

  • You must use Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0, or Netscape 7.0.

  • Set the web browser Character Interface to use UTF-8, which is also known as Unicode or Universal Alphabet.

  • In the configuration files, such as the config.properties file, all non-ASCII characters must be Unicode-encoded. You can create configuration files in any encoding. Then, use the native2ascii command that is available in the JavaTM Development Kit (JDK) package to convert the file to Unicode-encoded ASCII characters.