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6 Installing XPSketch

This chapter lists the supported environment for XPSketch and describes the installation for XPSketch.

Supported Windows platforms

XPSketch can be installed on the following Windows platforms:

Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition (IA-32 only) (Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2)

Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition R2 (IA-32 only) (Service Pack 1, Service Pack
2)

Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2)

Windows Vista (IA-32 only) (Service Pack 1)

Windows 2008

NOTE:

Use Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 7.0 when using Windows 2008 and IE 6.0 (Service Pack 1)
when using other Windows versions.

To run the web client on the management station, you must install the Java JRE plug-in separately
on the management station. To download JRE for Windows, see

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

For your browser to connect to a management station that uses IPv6 as the communication protocol,
IE version 7.0 and Java version 1.6 are required.

Installing XPSketch

To install XPSketch, complete the following steps:

1.

Open a web browser.

2.

In the browser address line, enter your server name followed by /pa. For example,

http://

java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

You can also access the XP Performance Advisor over a secure connection using the following
web address:

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

If the DNS server cannot locate the management station and open the default XP Performance
Advisor applet, enter

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

NOTE:

The XP Performance Advisor URL is case-sensitive.

The XP Performance Advisor Logon screen appears.

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