3Com WX2200 manual 3WXM Services Options, 3WXM Services in Shared Mode

16CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED

Resource Allocation Table 5 contains general recommended guidelines for hardware requirements and memory allocation based on the number of radios and WX switches your server will support. A larger number of WX switches implies more connections and data processing, and consequently, more CPU is required. A larger number of radios implies more data (including client sessions) which requires more RAM and storage.

Table 5 Recommended Server Hardware Allocation

Number of Radios 1-25 WX Switches 25-50 WX Switches 50+ WX Switches

1 – 1000	„	2.4 GHz P4	„	2.8 GHz P4	„	3.2 GHz Xeon
	„	500 MB RAM	„	500 MB RAM	„	1 GB RAM
	„	1 GB HD	„	1 GB HD	„	1 GB HD
1000 – 2000	„	2.4 GHz P4	„	3.0 GHz P4	„	3.6 GHz Xeon
	„	1 GB RAM	„	1 GB RAM	„	2 GB RAM
	„	2 GB HD	„	2 GB HD	„	2 GB HD

3WXM Services Options

3WXM Services can be installed either in standalone mode or shared mode. Standalone mode is when 3WXM client and 3WXM Services are installed on one machine. Standalone mode is primarily used for trying out 3WXM, while shared mode is used in a working environment. In shared mode, the administrator sets up 3WXM Services on a single host (typically with more resources) and other hosts with the client 3WXM application share 3WXM Services to access network plans and monitoring information. See Figure 1.

Figure 1 3WXM Services in Shared Mode