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Hardware Requirements

This section describes hardware requirements for CA Automation Point.

Client-only Requirements

When used only to run the client programs of CA Automation Point,

• 550 MHz Pentium processor (or equivalent non-Pentium)
• 1 GB RAM
• 80 GB hard drive (EIDE or SCSI)

Server Requirements

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

Basic CA Automation Point Processing Load

To run 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 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 (EIDE or SCSI)

High-Volume CA Automation Point Processing Load

To use a single server-class machine to perform a combination of CA Automation Point functions (such as system automation, a high volume of notifications, or web server functions), or if the server also has CA NSM installed, 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 (EIDE or SCSI)

Notification Server Requirements

If you plan to use the notification server component for voice notification, you must install the following hardware and related software:

• A Dialogic Voice Card. For a list of recommended Dialogic Voice cards, see the Solution Document for G193464 on CA Support Online.
• The Dialogic Voice Card drivers provided with this release of CA Automation Point.