For bare metal installations, the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Collector, 5620
SAM Auxiliary Database, 5620 SAM Analytics Server, and 5620 SAM Database are
supported on specific Intel x86 based HP workstations. In a redundant configuration, the
workstation architecture of the redundant pair must match along with the physical
hardware resources. The CPU type of the server must match as well.
The 5620 SAM Client and Client Delegate software may be installed on workstations
running different operating systems from the 5620 SAM Server, 5620 SAM Auxiliary,
5620 SAM Auxiliary Database, 5620 SAM Auxiliary Database, 5620 SAM Analytics
Server, and 5620 SAM Database. The 5620 SAM Client can be installed on RHEL Server
x86-64, RHEL Server x86, or Windows where the 5620 SAM Client Delegate can be
installed on RHEL Server x86-64, or Windows Server 2008R2 and Server 2012. Refer to
Chapter 2, “Operating systems specifications”
for Operating System specifics.
All 5620 SAM workstations in the 5620 SAM management complex must maintain
consistent and accurate time. It is recommended that NTP be used to accomplish this
requirement.
5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector
This type of 5620 SAM Auxiliary collects and processes performance, accounting,
application assurance and performance management statistics. This option enables
customers to reduce the load of statistics collection from the 5620 SAM Server while
allowing for increased statistics collection capabilities. A 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics
Collector workstation should be used when statistics collection is expected to exceed the
capacity of the 5620 SAM Server. Refer to
Chapter 3, “Platform requirements”
for
scalability details of the 5620 SAM Server and dimensioning of the 5620 SAM Auxiliary
Statistics Collector workstation.
The 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector can be configured as preferred or reserved
for a given 5620 SAM Server (Active or Standby). This allows for a redundant 5620
SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector configuration. Statistics collection using the SAM
Database allows only one 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector to collect statistics at
any given time. When collecting statistics using the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Database or
using logToFile only, up to three 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collectors can collect
statistics at the same time. Information on the redundancy model of the 5620 SAM
Auxiliary Statistics Collector can be found in
“Redundancy architecture” (p. 1-10)
.
The 5620 SAM Server and the 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector must maintain
consistent and accurate time. It is encouraged to use an NTP service to achieve this. An
alarm will be raised if the times are not within 30 seconds. Variations in time can cause
the system to stop collecting statistics prematurely.
In networks where 5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector workstations are not
configured, the 5620 SAM Server handles the statistics collection. In networks where the
5620 SAM Auxiliary Statistics Collector is configured, the 5620 SAM Server will never
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