2
Preparing for installation
Hardware requirements
To install VCF Neutron plug-ins on a server or a virtual machine, make sure the server or virtual
machine meets the hardware requirements in
Table 1 Hardware requirements
CPU
Memory size
Disk space
Single-core and multicore
CPUs
2 GB and above
5 GB and above
Software requirements
shows the software requirements for installing the VCF Neutron plug-ins.
Table 2 Software requirements
Item Supported
version
OpenStack
OpenStack Juno 2014.2 operates on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SP3 (x86_64)
IMPORTANT:
Before you install the Neutron plug-ins, make sure the following requirements are met:
•
Your system has Internet access because the system must first access the Internet to set up the
installation environment.
•
Make sure the OpenStack environment is deployed correctly. For example, the
/etc/hosts
file on
all nodes has the host name-IP address mappings. For information about the OpenStack
environment deployment, see the installation guide for the specific OpenStack version on the
official website.