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Hardware Requirements

This section describes hardware requirements for CA Automation Point.

Client-only Requirements

These requirements apply when executing only the client programs of CA Automation Point:

550 MHz Pentium processor (or the minimum processor requirements that are specified for the operating system, whichever is larger)
1 GB RAM (or the minimum memory requirements that are specified for the operating system, whichever is larger)
80 GB hard drive

Server Requirements

The following sections discuss requirements for installing CA Automation Point on a server machine.

Basic CA Automation Point Processing Load

These requirements apply when executing the full server-side programs of CA Automation Point (such as system automation) on a relatively small number of sessions (perhaps with notifications). We recommend that you install the product on a Windows-certified server-class workstation with the following minimum attributes:

2 GHz Pentium processor (or equivalent)
2 GB RAM
80 GB hard drive

High-Volume CA Automation Point Processing Load

These requirements apply when executing a combination of CA Automation Point functions or when the server also has CA NSM installed. This combination of functions may include high levels of system automation, notifications, or web server interaction. We recommend that you install the product on a Windows-certified server-class workstation with the following minimum attributes:

2.4 GHz Pentium dual-core processor (or equivalent)
4 GB RAM
160 GB hard drive

Notification Server Requirements

If you plan to use the notification server component for voice notification, install extra hardware and software.

CA Automation Point includes a copy of Dialogic System Release 6.0 Service Update 271. CA has verified voice functionality within CA Automation Point using the SU 271 software.
Dialogic states that System Release 6.0 is supported on the following operating systems:
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 R2
CA has verified voice functionality within CA Automation Point using the following Dialogic voice cards on the specified operating systems:

Voice Card	Operating system
D/4PCIU4S D/4PCIUF	Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows Server 2008 32 bit and 64 bit Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit
D/4PCIUFW	Windows Server 2003 32 bit
D/4PCIUFEQEU	Windows Server 2003 32 bit
D/41PCI	Windows Server 2003 32 bit
D/4JCT-LS	Windows Server 2003 32 bit
D/4JCT-LS-W	Windows Server 2003 32 bit

Dialogic provides European (EU) versions of voice cards (for example, D/4PCIUFWEU) that are also supported. The EU version has a different front end than the U.S. version due to variations in the analog signaling in Europe.

Dialogic provides voice cards that are manufactured with lead free solder to achieve EU RoHS compliance. These cards add the character ‘W’ to the name. The only difference between such a card and its counterpart is the lead in the solder joints. The architecture and functionality of the cards are identical.