System Requirements

♦ Management PC

NEC ESMPRO Manager requires the following hardware and software:
| About product license NEC ESMPRO Manager can be used on a single operating system per license.
• | Hardware |
| – Machine | A computer on which an operating system supported by NEC ESMPRO Manager can be installed Intel Pentium 4 1.3GHz or higher, or equivalent compatible processor is recommended.
| – Memory | Memory required for running the operating system plus 180MB or more (256MB or more is recommended.)
| – Free hard disk space | 340MB or more
• | Software |
| – Operating system | Windows XP Professional operating system (up to SP3) Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Vista Business (up to SP2) Windows Vista Enterprise (up to SP2) Windows Vista Ultimate (up to SP2) Windows Server 2008 Standard(up to SP2) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise(up to SP2) Windows Server 2008 Datacenter(up to SP2) Windows Server 2008 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2, Standard Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2, Datacenter Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Ultimate
|  | Operating systems for NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service are as follows: Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition (up to SP2) Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition (up to SP2)
– | NEC ESMPRO Manager is not available on Windows Server 2008 Server Core, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core.
– | NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service can be installed only on DHCP server.
– | Before installation of the NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service, stop other PXE services and software having the PXE service function in the network.
| – Web client | Internet Explorer 6.0 - 8.0 Firefox 3.0 (Windows / Linux)
– | If you use NEC ESMPRO Manager from a browser, install JRE 5.0 and above. On a point of the security, the latest version is recommended. If JRE is not installed, some pages are not displayed correctly.
– | Java Applet and Java scripts must be executable.
– | 1024 by 768 pixels or more are recommended as a screen area in display properties.
– | The browser must be latest status such as applying a patch. If the status is not updated such as preinstalled, some pages may not be displayed correctly.
• | Number of managed servers | Addition of server licenses permits a single NEC ESMPRO Manager to manage a maximum of 1000 servers.

♦ Managed server

A server to be managed by NEC ESMPRO Manager is as follows:
• | About the managed server integrated BMC (Baseboard Management Controller), see "Appendix C Managed Servers Summary" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide".
The required environment varies depending on the connection type with the managed server. See "Requirements for Connection between the Management PC and Managed Server".
• | If you use SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) monitoring function, the following software is need on managed server. (It is no matter if BMC is integrated or not.) – NEC ESMPRO Agent (Ver. 4.1 and above)
| The following servers are not supported.
– | NEC ESMPRO Agent for other vendor's server
– | NEC Express5800/ft server
– | NEC Express5800/ECO CENTER
• | If you manage RAID system using Universal RAID Utility on the managed server, the following software is required on the managed server. – Universal RAID Utility (ver.2.1 and above)
| If Windows Firewall is enabled, communication with Universal RAID Utility will be interrupted. To manage RAID system with the Windows Firewall enabled, see Appendix "Port numbers that NEC ESMPRO Manager uses" and open the required ports.

♦Requirements for connection between the management PC and managed server

Provide an environment in accordance with the connection type to be used.
• | LAN connection
– TCP/IP network
– | Do not use a cross cable to connect the manager server and managed server.
– | If you use the managed server integrated BMC, LAN port that BMC uses depends on the type of BMC. Some BMC uses standard LAN port. Other BMC uses an exclusive LAN port (Management LAN Port). There are 2 types of managed servers on that BMC uses standard LAN port to connect with NEC ESMPRO Manager: one type is permitted to use only LAN1 port, and the other type is permitted to use both LAN1 and LAN2 ports. See Appendix C "Managed Servers Summary" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide".
• | Modem connection (It can be only used to connect with BMC)
– Phone line – Modem
| Use a modem that supports the following functions:
| Board rate | : | 19.2Kbps
| Data bits | : | 8bit
| Parity | : | None
| Stop bits | : | 1bit
| Flow control | : | Hardware (CTS/RTS)
– | Use the modem recommended for Express 5800 series on the managed server.
– | Connect the modem to the serial port 2 on the managed server.
– Other Information
| When BMC send alert to management PC via modem, it is necessary the following:
• | Dial-up router or PPP server
• | Direct connection (It can be only used to connect with BMC)
– RS-232C cross cable
| The serial port for direct connection on NEC ESMPRO Manager server. NEC ESMPRO Manager must be set following on the operating system.
| Bits per speed | : | It should be set a same value with a value of BMC configuration on a managed server. The default value of BMC configuration is 19.2Kbps.
| Data bits | : | 8bit
| Parity | : | None
| Stop bits | : | 1bit
| Flow control | : | Hardware (CTS/RTS)
– | Do not use an interlink cable.
– | Connect the RS-232C cross cable to serial port 2 on the managed server.
– | Some models of managed servers do not permit use of any RS-232C cross cable other than the specified one. See the user's guide provided with the server.

♦Notes on managed servers and network devices

This section explains particular notes on managed servers and network devices.
• | Use of network switch / router If the managed server installed BMC that uses a standard LAN port or loaded Advanced Remote Management Card, and there is network switch / router between manager server and the managed servers, please set the network switch / router to receive Gratuitous ARP. See each instruction manual of the switch / router about how to set it. If Gratuitous ARP cannot be received, managed server that is power-off status is not connected.
• | Use of a layer-2 / layer-3 switching hub Set "Disable" for the STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) function of the switching hub or the STP of the port to which a managed server is connected. Set "Enable" for the auto-negotiation function of the port to which a managed server is connected.
• | Use of DHCP In case that BMC on the managed server uses a standard LAN port, communication between the NEC ESMPRO Manager and System BIOS or BMC is not compatible with a DHCP environment. Be sure to use a fixed IP address with the NEC ESMPRO server in which the NEC ESMPRO Manager is to be installed. To use a managed server in a DHCP environment, start the DianaScope Agent or NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension.
• | Setting of Teaming for standard LAN with the OS (providing redundancy or multiplexing with multiple network adapters) on the managed server installed BMC that uses a standard LAN port The managed server installed BMC that uses a standard LAN port shares the embedded standard LAN controller between BMC, System BIOS and OS, but the BMC and System BIOS do not support the LAN teaming modes including AFT (Adapter Fault Tolerance) and ALB (Adaptive Load Balancing). So if the AFT mode or ALB mode was made available by OS, NEC ESMPRO Manager can communicate with BMC and System BIOS only under the following conditions while Failover does not occur.
– | If RLB (Receive Load Balancing) is set with ALB (Adaptive Load Balancing), disable the RLB. (If RLB cannot be disabled, NEC ESMPRO Manager cannot communicate with BMC.)
– | Make the Teaming-set address ("preferred primary") identical to the LAN1 IP address and MAC address in the BMC configuration information.
– | Even if the configuration of LAN2 for the BMC on the managed server is available, do not set LAN2 in the BMC configuration information.
– | See "Appendix B B.1 On the managed server that BMC uses standard LAN port" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide" if you install DianaScope Agent or NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension on the managed server whose operating system is Windows. Note that NEC ESMPRO Manager cannot communicate with BMC when you use RLB (Receive Load Balancing) or FEC (Fast Ether Channel) teaming mode on the managed server.
• | [Setting of Teaming for LAN that DianaScope Agent or NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension uses with the OS (providing redundancy or multiplexing with multiple network adapters) on the managed server installed BMC that uses an exclusive LAN port (Management LAN port):] If the teaming setting is made available for the LAN port that DianaScope Agent uses on the managed server installed BMC that uses an exclusive LAN port (Management LAN port), see "Appendix B B.2 On the managed server that BMC uses an exclusive LAN port (Management LAN port)" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide". |
• | Change of the hardware of a default gateway or an alert receiver In case that there is a gateway between a management PC and a managed server, re-configure BMC on the managed server after the change the hardware of the gateway. In case that there is not gateway between an alert receiver and a managed server, re-configure BMC on the managed server after the change the hardware of the alert receiver. The BMC on the managed server can know MAC address of the new hardware by setting the BMC configuration.
• | Use of a dialup router or a PPP server If an alert receiver via modem uses Windows Remote Access Service, please select "Allow any authentication including clear text" about the encryption on the Windows Remote Access Service properties.
• | Restrictions on use of the standard serial port 2 (COM2) The standard serial port 2 (COM2) on a managed server cannot be used for connecting another device in the following cases because the BMC occupies the serial port 2.
– | The managed server compatible with SOL and set enable on following BMC Configuration items: "Remote control (WAN/Direct)" "Redirection (LAN)" "Redirection (WAN/Direct)"
– | Connection via modem or Direct connection has been made.
– | Direct connection has been set in the BMC configuration information. (Even if the NEC ESMPRO Manager and managed server are not connected, the BMC occupies the serial port 2 (COM2).) |
| See "Appendix C Managed Servers Summary" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide" to confirm whether that your server supports SOL.
♦Port numbers that NEC ESMPRO Manager uses
For ports used by NEC ESMPRO Manager, see Appendix "Port numbers that NEC ESMPRO Manager uses".