Table 3 Pre-installation Requirements to Install or Upgrade

Requirement:

Must Meet or Exceed or the Installation or

 

Upgrade Will Stop:

 

 

HP Systems Insight Manager

Valid HP Systems Insight Manager credentials

Credentials:

must be entered on the Storage Essentials HP

 

Systems Insight Manager Service Account

 

Credentials screen or the Storage Essentials

 

installation wizard will stop during a single-server

 

installation (HP SIM and Storage Essentials

 

installed on the same server).

 

 

SNMP and SNMP Trap Services:

SNMP and SNMP Trap Services must be installed

 

and running or the Storage Essentials installation

 

wizard will stop during a single-server installation

 

(HP SIM and Storage Essentials installed on the

 

same server).

 

See ”How to Install Microsoft SNMP and SNMP

 

Trap Services” on page 12 for details on

 

installing and starting these services.

 

 

Overview of the Verify System Requirements Screen

The Verify System Requirements screen displays the current status for the following based on the results of the system scan performed by the installation wizard after starting the installation or upgrade. Requirements that must be met to proceed with the installation/upgrade and requirements that do not stop the installation/upgrade are described here:

•Current User Account — The account you use to install/upgrade must have Windows Administrator privileges or the installation or upgrade will stop.

•Memory — The minimum RAM requirement varies depending on your installation option:

•When HP SIM and Storage Essentials are installed on separate servers the minimum RAM requirement for the Storage Essentials server is 4 GB with 6 GB recommended.

•When HP SIM and Storage Essentials are installed on the same server together the minimum RAM requirement for the Storage Essentials server is 6 GB with 8 GB recommended.

NOTE: If the minimum amount of RAM is close to the requirement, the installation wizard continues.

•Physical Address Extension (PAE) — PAE is a Windows setting to utilize amounts of RAM greater than 4 GB on certain versions of Windows. See your Windows documentation for more information about PAE settings. The installation or upgrade continues regardless of PAE.

•Disk Storage (typical installation) — Depends on the following:

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