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Chapter 2 Installation Requirements System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and Managed Server Review the system requirements for the Lab Manager Server and Managed Server components. For more information on requirements specific to ESX Server, see the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation. Make sure the ESX Server system appears on the VMware hardware compatibility list: http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pubs.html Table 2-1. System Requirements System Component Processor Lab Manager Server „ Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon, Opteron, or Athlon processor (32‐bit only) CPU speed Memory „ 550MHz minimum „ (Recommended) 1GHz or faster „ 512MB minimum „ (Recommended) 1GB or more Hard disk „ 40GB minimum „ (Recommended) 200GB or more „ RAID 0 or RAID 5 for highest performance CD drive „ CD/DVD drive Managed Server „ Intel Xeon and later, or AMD Opteron „ Intel Viiv or AMD A64 x2 dual‐core processors „ 1500MHz minimum „ 1GB minimum „ (Recommended) 2GB or more „ 2GB or more swap space for ESX „ In general, add 30MB to the total RAM of all virtual machines you expect to run. „ (Recommended) SAN storage. Lab Manager supports Fiber Channel adapters for the SAN. For details on support for software and hardware‐initiated iSCSI storage, see the VMware Lab Manager Release Notes. „ 500MB minimum available in the /var partition. „ 120MB available in the /usr partition. For details on other SAN requirements, see the VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation. VMware, Inc. 15

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Chapter 2
Installation Requirements
System Requirements: Lab Manager Server and
Managed Server
Review the system requirements for the Lab Manager Server and Managed Server
components. For more information on requirements specific to ESX Server, see the
VMware Infrastructure 3 documentation. Make sure the ESX Server system appears on
the VMware hardware compatibility list:
Table 2-1.
System Requirements
System Component
Lab Manager Server
Managed Server
Processor
Pentium III, Pentium 4,
Xeon, Opteron, or Athlon
processor (32
‐
bit only)
Intel Xeon and later, or AMD
Opteron
Intel Viiv or AMD A64 x2
dual
‐
core processors
CPU speed
550MHz minimum
(Recommended) 1GHz or
faster
1500MHz minimum
Memory
512MB minimum
(Recommended) 1GB or
more
1GB minimum
(Recommended) 2GB or more
2GB or more swap space for
ESX
In general, add 30MB to the
total RAM of all virtual
machines you expect to run.
Hard disk
40GB minimum
(Recommended) 200GB or
more
RAID 0 or RAID 5 for
highest performance
(Recommended) SAN storage.
Lab Manager supports Fiber
Channel adapters for the SAN.
For details on support for
software and
hardware
‐
initiated iSCSI
storage, see the
VMware Lab
Manager Release Notes
.
500MB minimum available in
the
/var
partition.
120MB available in the
/usr
partition.
For details on other SAN
requirements, see the VMware
Infrastructure 3 documentation.
CD drive
CD/DVD drive