Guest Management Software Administrator Guide

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2 Installation

Installation requirements

MSM7xx Controllers purchased on April 15, 2010 or later, are entitled to the HP ProCurve Guest Management Software v5.4. Customers who have an active CarePack or Support Contract for an MSM7xx Controller are also entitled to the Guest Management Software. Printed instructions provided with the MSM7xx Controllers describe how to download the Guest Management Software installation package.

Computer requirements

Note: Installing the Guest Management Software on a mobile computer is not recommended.

To install and run the Guest Management Software, a computer requires the following software and hardware:

•Operating system: Windows XP (SP2 recommended), Windows Vista.

•Memory: Minimum of 512 MB.

•HD space: Minimum of 200 MB free disk space to run the Guest Management Software program, 2 GB for the station hosting the database.

•Processor: Minimum 1 GHz. Pentium 4 (or equivalent).

•Network connection to an HP ProCurve MSM7xx controller.

If a third-party database is used, a blank database must be created before running the Guest Management Software and, if required by the third-party database, database driver software must be installed.

For a list of supported databases, see “Database selection” on page 9.

Controller requirements

The Guest Management Software 5.4 requires one of the following controllers at version 5.4 or higher:

• MSM7xx controllers: MSM710, MSM730, MSM750, MSM760 or MSM765zl.

Note: The SOAP interface must be enabled on the port that the controller uses to communicate with the Guest Management Software. By default, SOAP is enabled for the LAN port on all MSM controllers. To verify that SOAP is enabled on a controller, open the controller management tool and select Controller >> Management > SOAP and verify that SOAP server configuration is checked.

Installation

If running the Guest Management Software on a single computer, you can use its own internal database or a third-party database. If you plan to run the Guest Management Software on multiple computers, you must use a third-party database.

Note: External RADIUS/Active Directory accounts cannot be managed with the Guest Management Software.