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Cisco PVM Requirements and Sizing

Cisco PVM is a network monitoring software that runs on Linux.

The minimum recommended hardware and software configurations are as follows:

Minimum Server Requirements

Hardware:

•2 Intel Xeon CPU – 3.4 GHz

•2 GB RAM

•4 GB HD space available for the application and third–party software

•70 GB HD space available in the host installation directory (This depends on the number of NAMs you want to monitor. The sizing table provides guidance on the hard disk space required)

•100 MB Ethernet card

Software:

•Red Hat Linux Advanced Server Version 3 with Kernel 2.4 (Update 2 or later)

•IE 6.0 (JavaScript and cookies enabled)

•Adobe Reader 6.01 – 6.04

Minimum Client Requirements

Hardware:

•Pentium 4 Processor

•256 MB RAM

Software:

•Windows XP or 2000

•IE 6.0 (Java support, JavaScript and cookies enabled)

•Adobe Reader 6.01 – 6.04

Note:

1.Linux Version 3 is available at: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/enterpriselinux3/

2.When installing Linux, ensure that you do not install a firewall on the server. If you elect to install the firewall, ensure that HTTP, HTTPS and SNMP traffic can get through.

3.Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 is recommended. Users running Windows 2000 and IE 6.0 SP1 must ensure that all Microsoft updates for both Windows and IE have been installed.

4.To ensure that the correct browser functionality is enabled on the client, navigate to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced in the browser menu and click Restore Defaults Æ Apply Æ OK.

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