•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:

•With ARCHIVING and RMAN backup off: minimum disk space: 100 GB, recommended

disk space: 200 GB.

•With ARCHIVING and RMAN backup on: minimum disk space: 200 GB, recommended

disk space: 350 GB.

The installation or upgrade will not continue if the disk space requirements are not met.

•Operating System — Windows 2003 Server SP1, SP2, R2, R2 SP2. The Storage Essentials installation or upgrade will not continue if the operating system requirement is not met.

•Processor — A dual Intel XEON (or AMD equivalent) 3.4 GHz or higher CPU is required. If the CPU is close to the requirement, the installation wizard continues.

•DNS Resolution — The installation wizard verifies the IP address and DNS name of the server using nslookup. If nslookup is not successful, the installation will still continue.

IMPORTANT: DNS Resolution failure will prevent the product from running successfully. See the following topic in the troubleshooting chapter if the DNS Resolution requirement fails: “Reverse Lookup Failed” Message (Windows only), page 382.

•Port Availability — The management server requires the following ports to be available:

•80

•162

•443

•1098–1120

•4444

•4445

•4763

•5962–5988

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