H3C Technologies H3C Intelligent Management Center - Manual (Page 7)

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2 Installing the IMC probe
Installation preparations
Hardware requirements
Install the IMC probe on an independent server. Table 1 lists the basic server hardware requirements to
run the IMC probe.
Table 1 Server hardware requirements
Item Requirement
CPU
Type: Intel x86
Frequency: 3.0 GHz
Number of processors: 1 or 2
NOTE:
To process traffic less than 300 Mbps, use one single-core CPU. To process
traffic greater than 300 Mbps, use two single-core CPUs or one dual-core CPU.
Memory 2 GB
Hard disk drive 80 GB
Network adapter card
Type: Built-in Gigabit NIC
Number of cards: 2
NOTE:
For greater stability, H3C recommends installing the IMC probe on a physical sever.
Software requirements
The IMC probe supports the following operating systems:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 (32-bit).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.5 (32-bit).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 (64-bit).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.4 (64-bit).
The IMC probe supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.0 and 5.5, and it cannot run if the Linux kernel
is Physical Address Extension (PAE)-enabled. PAE is enabled by default when Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.5 is installed on a host that has 4 GB or more memory. Before installing a probe, disable the PAE
feature. For more information about the PAE feature, see documents related to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Server.