HP Insight Software 6.3 Support Matrix

AbstractThis document lists the minimum hardware, firmware, and software requirements for installing and running HP Insight software, integrated server management software.

HP Part Number: 41 1804-406f Published: January 2012 Edition: 7

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Insight Document software Edition Publication date part number version 1 2 April 201 1 April 201 1 41 1804-406 6.3 41 1804-406 6.3

Edition notes Initial publication Table 12 (page 15): removed remote database support for Microsoft SQL 2008 Express SP2 Table 14 (page 20) and Table 28 (page 31): recommend Onboard Administrator firmware versions 3.21 and 3.30 Table 39 (page 39): removed server deployment support for SLES 10 SP4. Changed HP contact information: new worldwide contact web address is http://www.hp.com/go/assistance and new US telephone number is +1 800 334 5144. Table 54 (page 58): added support for Calibrated Maximum Power feature for HP Integrity i2 servers.

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Added disk space considerations for HP Insight Control power management history files Added support for VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3 and VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 3 hypervisors Added support for VMware vCenter Server 5.0 virtualization management software

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September 201 41 1 1804-406 6.3 update 1

Added support for P4800 G2 SAN Solutions: Added support for HP 3PAR iSCSI Storage Systems Added support for HP P6300/P6500 iSCSI Enterprise Virtual Array Systems Added HP Virtual Connect for BladeSystem c-Class firmware version 3.3x Updated information regarding Dynamic Power Capping on the HP ProLiant ML1 G7 10

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Added support for G7 (AMD Opteron 6200) servers Added support for VMware ESX 4.1 Update 2 and ESXi 4.1 Update 2 hypervisors

Contents1 New and deprecated support......................................................................5New software support...............................................................................................................5 New software on the CMS....................................................................................................5 New software on managed systems.......................................................................................5 Deprecated software support.....................................................................................................6 Deprecated software on the CMS..........................................................................................6 Deprecated software on managed systems..............................................................................6 New hardware support.............................................................................................................6 Servers that can be managed by Insight software.....................................................................6 Hardware supported by Insight Control server migration...........................................................7 Storage..............................................................................................................................7

2 Central Management Server requirements......................................................8CMS hardware requirements......................................................................................................8 Memory requirements...........................................................................................................8 Disk space requirements.......................................................................................................9 Management capabilities of a CMS with a maximum tested configuration.................................10 CMS software requirements.....................................................................................................11 Supported Microsoft Windows operating systems...................................................................11 Supported hypervisors........................................................................................................13 Requirements for non-OS software........................................................................................13 Supported browsers...........................................................................................................14 Recommended screen resolution..........................................................................................15 Supported databases.........................................................................................................15 Supported CMS configurations in a Microsoft Windows domain...................................................16

3 Central Management Server requirements in a high availability environment....18Supported cluster environments.................................................................................................18 Supported Insight software components.....................................................................................18 Cluster configuration requirements............................................................................................19 Unsupported items in a CMS cluster configuration.......................................................................19

4 Managed system hardware and firmware requirements.................................20Hardware requirements...........................................................................................................20 Supported HP BladeSystem enclosures..................................................................................20 Supported support packs....................................................................................................20 Supported servers .............................................................................................................20 HP ProLiant servers........................................................................................................20 HP Integrity servers........................................................................................................25 Other HP servers...........................................................................................................26 Third-party servers.........................................................................................................27 Other supported hardware..................................................................................................27 Virtual machine guest storage options...................................................................................27 SAN functionality ..............................................................................................................28 Fibre channel storage and switch recommendations................................................................29 Storage supported by Insight Dynamics recovery management.................................................29 Command View support.................................................................................................30 iSCSI support....................................................................................................................30 Virtual Connect requirements....................................................................................................30 Firmware requirements............................................................................................................30 HP BladeSystem firmware release set....................................................................................31

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5 Managed system software requirements......................................................32HP software integration requirements ........................................................................................32 Supported operating systems....................................................................................................32 Microsoft Windows............................................................................................................32 Linux................................................................................................................................38 HP-UX, HP Tru64 UNIX, HP NonStop, and HP OpenVMS........................................................40 AIX, Solaris, and Netware..................................................................................................40 Supported hypervisor hosts and VM guests................................................................................41 HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software requirements.................................................44

6 Managed system agents and providers requirements.....................................45Agents and providers bundled with Insight Dynamics...................................................................45 Agents and providers for OpenVMS managed systems...........................................................46

7 Support and other resources......................................................................48Information to collect before contacting HP.................................................................................48 How to contact HP..................................................................................................................48 Registering for software technical support and update service.......................................................48 How to use your software technical support and update service...............................................48 Warranty information.........................................................................................................49 HP authorized resellers............................................................................................................49 Documentation feedback.........................................................................................................49 New and changed information.................................................................................................49 Related information.................................................................................................................49 Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................50

A Hardware requirements and supported capabilities for Insight Control power management..............................................................................................52Power management capabilities...............................................................................................52 Server requirements and supported capabilities for Insight Control power management ..................52 Supported power delivery devices for Insight Control power management......................................59

B Hardware requirements and caveats for Insight Control server migration..........61Storage controllers supported by Insight Control server migration..................................................61 Network interface cards supported by Insight Control server migration..........................................62 Supported file system types......................................................................................................62 Caveats for Microsoft Windows server migrations.......................................................................62 Caveats for Linux server migrations...........................................................................................62 Supported storage adapters for manual boot of a destination virtual machine.................................63

C HP-UX CMS requirements..........................................................................64HP-UX CMS requirements.........................................................................................................64 Agents and providers bundled with Insight Dynamics...................................................................68

Acronyms and abbreviations.........................................................................69 Index.........................................................................................................70

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1 New and deprecated supportNew software supportThis release introduced support for new versions of already-supported software on the CMS and managed systems.

New software on the CMS Operating systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter Edition SP1 (only Systems Insight Manager) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Web Edition SP1 (only Systems Insight Manager) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V SP1 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3 VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 VMware ESX 4.1 Update 2 VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 3 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 2 VMware ESXi 5.0 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard and Enterprise SP4 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise SP2 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express SP2 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard and Enterprise Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express HP PolyServe SQL consolidation database (only Systems Insight Manager) Oracle 1 Enterprise Edition Release 2 (only Systems Insight Manager) 1g

Hypervisors:

Databases:

New software on managed systems Operating systems: Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Web Edition SP1New software support 5

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 201 (SBS V7) (initial release) 1 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 201 Essentials (initial release) 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 Red Hat Linux 5.6 Red Hat Linux 6.0 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V SP1 Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1 VMware ESX 4.0 Update 3 VMware ESX 4.1 Update 1 VMware ESX 4.1 Update 2 VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 3 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 2 VMware ESXi 5.0 Xen on RHEL 5.6, x86 and x64 Xen on SLES10 SP4, x86 and x64

Hypervisors:

Virtualization management software: VMware vCenter Server v4.0 Update 3 VMware vCenter Server v4.1 Update 1 VMware vCenter Server 5.0

Deprecated software supportThis release deprecated support for some software on the CMS and managed systems.

Deprecated software on the CMSThe Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 Express database is no longer supported.

Deprecated software on managed systems Operating systems: Microsoft Windows Vista (on workstations) All versions and service packs for the Citrix XenServer hypervisor

New hardware supportThis release introduced support for the following hardware.

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HP ProLiant BL465c G7 (AMD Opteron 6200) HP ProLiant BL685c G7 (AMD Opteron 6200) HP ProLiant DL165 G7 (AMD Opteron 6200) HP ProLiant DL385 G7 (AMD Opteron 6200)

New and deprecated support

HP ProLiant DL585 G7 (AMD Opteron 6200)

Hardware supported by Insight Control server migrationSee Appendix B (page 61) for the list of storage controllers and network interface cards (NICs) supported by Insight Control server migration.

StorageHP 3PAR Storage Systems (F-Series, T-Series) Fibre Channel array solutions are supported and are recommended for HP Insight Dynamics storage1

1. HP Insight Recovery support for the HP 3PAR Storage Systems (F-Series, T-Series) Fibre Channel array solutions will be available in a future release. HP Storage Provisioning Manager does not support 3PAR features such as autonomic groups and virtual domains

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2 Central Management Server requirementsThis chapter provides the minimum hardware and software requirements for a Central Management Server (CMS) running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system (OS).

CMS hardware requirementsTable 1 lists the hardware requirements for a single-server CMS. Table 1 CMS hardware requirementsHardware component Server Requirement HP ProLiant BladeSystem c-Class server blade HP ProLiant ML1 G7 or ML300 series server 10 HP ProLiant DL120 G7, DL300, DL500, or DL700 G3 or higher series server Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control virtual machine management, and Insight Dynamics also support operating a CMS in a virtual machine on some non-HP servers. See Table 25 (page 27) for a list of supported non-HP servers. This configuration requires the CMS to be running a supported operating system listed inSupported Microsoft Windows operating systems (page 11) and a supported hypervisor listed in Supported hypervisors (page 13). Processor At least 1.6 GHz (2 GHz or faster recommended). For Insight Dynamics, four or more processing cores are required with a minimum of 1.6 GHz processors. The recommended configuration is eight processing cores at 2.4 GHz or higher. See Table 2 for memory requirements See Table 3 for disk space requirements New Technology File System (NTFS) Local or mapped DVD drive or an ISO mounting utility

Memory Disk space File structure DVD drive

NOTE: See Chapter 3 (page 18) for the requirements for configuring the CMS as a two-node Failover Cluster. See Appendix C (page 64) for the requirements for an Integrity-based CMS running an HP-UX OS.

Memory requirementsTable 2 lists the memory requirements on the CMS, which differ for 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) operating systems and whether or not Insight Dynamics is being installed. Table 2 CMS memory requirementsOperating system architecture Required minimum memory1 4 GB Recommended memory2 6 to 8 GB 8 to 16 GB 8 to 16 GB 16 to 24 GB 6 GB

Installation scenario Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control

x86

Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control, and Insight Dynamics 4 GB Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control 6 GB

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Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control, and Insight Dynamics 6 GB Standalone installation of Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager 4 GB

x86 or x64

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The CMS requires at least this amount of memory. If it does not, the Insight software installation or upgrade will not proceed. Performance will be less than optimal if the CMS does not have the recommended amount of memory.

The maximum addressable memory space of a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 x86 OS is 4 GB. For editions that support it, the Physical Address Extension (PAE) needs to be enabled to support minimum and recommended memory on x86 systems: On a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition OS, edit the boot.ini file and add /PAE on a new line in the file and then reboot the CMS. On a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition OS, run the bcdedit.exe /set PAE ForceEnable command and then reboot the CMS.

Disk space requirementsTable 3 lists the amount of available disk space on the CMS that is required to install or upgrade Insight software. The amount of available disk space depends on the software products you select as well as the type of installation that is being performed (that is, a new installation of a product, an upgrade of an existing product, or reusing the same version of an existing installed product). If you are installing Insight software on an alternate drive (that is, not the system drive where the OS is installed), the HP Insight Software Installer needs 8 GB of temp space. The Installer looks in the User temp location, so if 8 GB is not available, change the User temp variable to point to another location that has 8 GB of available space. However, when you are installing on an alternate drive, the system drive still needs at least 1 GB of available disk space. IMPORTANT: For an upgrade, the required disk space must be available on the original installation drive. Please be sure to check requirements before beginning an upgrade, because you might need to expand the available space. Table 3 CMS disk space requirementsInstallation scenario Upgrade or reuse of all currently installed Insight software Upgrade or reuse of Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control server deployment in combination with new installations or upgrades of other products (the HP Insight Software Installer dynamically calculates the disk space requirements based on the component selections) New installation of Systems Insight Manager or new installation of Insight Control server deployment (but not simultaneously) in combination with new installations or upgrades of other products Any other installation scenario Required disk space 10 GB

15 GB 18 GB 20 GB

Table 4 lists additional disk space considerations. Table 4 CMS disk space considerationsSoftware component HP Insight Control power management Disk space requirement Disk space is consumed by the storage of power history data for each supported system. HP recommends allocating 12 MB per system per year of history. For example, a total of 2000 power managed systems, monitored PDUs/PDRs, and associated racks and data centers consumes approximately 24 GB of disk space for one year of power history data. This disk space is consumed on the Microsoft SQL database server (or local to the CMS, if Microsoft SQL Express is used). HP Insight Control server deployment The recommended disk space listed in Table 3 accounts for three OSs to copy. If you want to copy more than three OSs, each additional OS needs approximately 4 GB of disk space.

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Table 4 CMS disk space considerations (continued)Software component HP Insight Capacity Advisor Disk space requirement Additional disk space is required for each workload to collect and preserve a maximum of four years of data for use by Capacity Advisor: On a Microsoft Windows CMS, allocate 64.5 MB for each workload on each Windows or Linux managed system to support agentless data collection. Allot 34.7 MB for each workload on each HP-UX managed system. HP Insight Global Workload Manager Requires at least 1 GB of disk space. If you intend to keep historical data, HP recommends allowing 4 GB for every 100 workloads managed by the HP Insight Global Workload Manager. If you are not interested in historical data, use the gwlm history --truncate command to trim the historical database. This space will be allocated on the Microsoft SQL Database server (or local to the CMS, if Microsoft SQL Express is used). HP Insight Remote Support 2 GB for the initial installation; 1 GB for normal operations See the HP Insight Remote Support Release Notes for recommendations on increased disk space requirements depending on how many devices you are managing: http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport

Management capabilities of a CMS with a maximum tested configurationTable 5 lists the management capabilities supported by the recommended x64 CMS configuration running 8 processing cores at 2.4 GHz with 24 GB RAM and 50 GB disk space and a separate remote database server running with 8 processing cores at 2.4 GHz with 16 GB RAM and 50 GB of disk space. Table 5 CMS management capabilitiesItem Number of managed systems (physical servers and virtual machines) Maximum configuration on an x64 CMS Systems Insight Manager: 5,000 Insight Control: 5,000 Insight Dynamics: 1,500 Insight managed system setup wizard: 1,500 Concurrent users on the Systems Insight Manager console Virtual machines 15 concurrent users running general operations and one admin task Up to 70 virtual machine hosts1 See the VMware technical documentation website for specific guidelines on the number of supported guests per host: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ Monitoring (by Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control performance management) Power management Disaster recovery Logical servers Simultaneous analysis of 3000 managed systems

1500 managed systems; 300 monitored PDUs/PDRs Failover support for 250 logical servers 1500 managed systems with 60 overlapping provisions of 1 logical server each and 6 overlapping provisions of 5 logical serves each

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Table 5 CMS management capabilities (continued)Item Capacity Advisor Data Collection Maximum configuration on an x64 CMS Collect capacity planning data for 1,500 nodes Automated recommendations for 500 workloads in