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HP Toptools Deployment Guide Version 5.5
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3 Requirements and suggestions
3.1 Overview
This section will cover hardware, operating system and network requirements for the HP Toptools device
manager server. Suggestions will be provided for different configurations based primarily on a best
performance criteria. There are two schools of thought on whether the agents or the device manager
should be installed first. The first scenario involves installing the agents on the devices to be managed
and then installing the device manager. The second scenario involves the HP Toptools device manager
to be setup first. Using this method, you can have the HP Toptools device manager help you in the
deployment of agents. Chapter 5, 6 and 7 will cover the different agent deployment scenarios. For help
on how to installed the required components, please refer to the appendices section.
3.2 Requirement for the HP Toptools device manager server
3.2.1 Hardware requirements
Minimum requirements
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Dedicated Pentium 266 MHz or greater machine
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128 MB RAM
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2 GB NTFS hard drive
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Network enabled
Suggested system for managing large environment
If your environment contains more than 2000 nodes and/or you will be managing a variety of hardware
types, increase the system capability to:
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Dedicated Pentium II or III 400MHz or greater machine
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256 to 512 MB RAM
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2 GB NTFS hard drive
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Fast Network (100 Mb/s)
3.2.2 Operating system requirements
Requirements
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Clean Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 Workstation / Professional or Windows NT / 2000 Server
installed on hardware
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SNMP services installed, tested and running
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On Windows 2000, IIS must be installed
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TCP/IP installed and configured
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Proper Windows 2000 or NT software in hand during installation