HP BladeSystem bc2500 Administrator's Guide HP Session Allocation Manager (HP - Page 33

Other requirements, Create a Service Account, Obtain Administrative Rights, Change the Firewall

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Software Requirements ● Windows XP with Service Pack 2 ● Windows Vista, 32-bit or 64-bit Other requirements Create a Service Account The HP SAM Web server must run under a domain user account in which it can execute the HP SAM services on the local server. ● Create the account prior to installation of the HP SAM server application. ● Change this account name and password as infrequently as possible to minimize interruptions to HP SAM. ● Add the account to the local server administrator group on all HP SAM Web servers. ● Add the account to the administrator group on all resources. ● The account must be trusted in a multi-domain environment. Obtain Administrative Rights To fully install HP SAM, you must have the following administrative rights: ● Administrative rights on all computing resources (such as blade PCs) ● SQL administrative level account and password-only needed during setup ● Administrative rights on the HP SAM Web server Change the Firewall If the network environment uses a hardware and/or software firewall, then you need to make appropriate changes to the firewall for HP SAM to work. Refer to Firewall Rules on page 69 for more details. Active Directory While Active Directory is not part of HP SAM, HP SAM requires Active Directory version 2003 to perform user account management. NOTE: Active Directory running on Windows Server 2000 Domain controllers is not supported. Other requirements 25

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Software Requirements
Windows XP with Service Pack 2
Windows Vista, 32-bit or 64-bit
Other requirements
Create a Service Account
The HP SAM Web server must run under a domain user account in which it can execute the HP SAM
services on the local server.
Create the account prior to installation of the HP SAM server application.
Change this account name and password as infrequently as possible to minimize interruptions to
HP SAM.
Add the account to the local server administrator group on all HP SAM Web servers.
Add the account to the administrator group on all resources.
The account must be trusted in a multi-domain environment.
Obtain Administrative Rights
To fully install HP SAM, you must have the following administrative rights:
Administrative rights on all computing resources (such as blade PCs)
SQL administrative level account and password—only needed during setup
Administrative rights on the HP SAM Web server
Change the Firewall
If the network environment uses a hardware and/or software firewall, then you need to make appropriate
changes to the firewall for HP SAM to work. Refer to
Firewall Rules
on page
69
for more details.
Active Directory
While Active Directory is not part of HP SAM, HP SAM requires Active Directory version 2003 to perform
user account management.
NOTE:
Active Directory running on Windows Server 2000 Domain controllers is not supported.
Other requirements
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