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Hardware Requirements

Install the management console and standard monitor on separate servers. Configure the management console with one management NIC to receive response time metrics from a monitoring device, such as the CA Standard Monitor.

Management Console

CA has tested the management console on servers with the following specifications. The management console is supported on servers from any vendor, if the servers conform to these specifications, at a minimum.

• Two Intel® E5520 Xeon quad-core 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB processors
• 24 GB of RAM
• Six 146 GB SAS hard drives in RAID 5 configuration
• RAID controller with a battery-backed cache for up to eight SAS ports
• 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 port
• Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Standard Monitor

CA has tested the CA Standard Monitor on servers with the following specifications. The Standard Monitor is supported on servers from any vendor, if the servers conform to these specifications, at a minimum.

• Intel® E5520 Xeon quad-core 2.66 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB processor
• 3 GB of RAM
• Three 146 GB SAS hard drives in RAID 5 configuration
• RAID controller with a battery-backed cache for up to eight SAS ports
• Two 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 ports

  (Optional) To monitor TCP traffic on 2 monitor NICs, provision an additional Ethernet RJ-45 port.

• Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller