Cisco Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0 Installationsanleitung
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Virtual Appliance Options
During installation, you can choose one of four deployment configuration options.
summarizes the minimum server
requirements for each option.
You can install any of the Prime Infrastructure options as an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA), running under VMWare ESXi, on
your own hardware. If you choose this implementation, the server that you supply must meet or exceed the requirements shown
in the table for the option that you select.
your own hardware. If you choose this implementation, the server that you supply must meet or exceed the requirements shown
in the table for the option that you select.
Prime Infrastructure is also available pre-installed on Cisco-supplied hardware as a physical appliance. See the
For maximum management capacities for each installation option, see
Physical Appliance Options
Prime Infrastructure is available on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Appliance. Prime Infrastructure 3.0 is not
supported on the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 1). Prime Infrastructure 3.0 is supported on Cisco Prime
Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 2, UCS based). You can upgrade a Prime Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 2, UCS
Based) appliance running Prime Infrastructure 2.2.x to Prime Infrastructure 3.0.
supported on the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 1). Prime Infrastructure 3.0 is supported on Cisco Prime
Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 2, UCS based). You can upgrade a Prime Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 2, UCS
Based) appliance running Prime Infrastructure 2.2.x to Prime Infrastructure 3.0.
describes the physical appliance
options.
Table 1
Prime Infrastructure Minimum Server Requirements
Requirement
Express
Express-Plus
Standard
Professional
VMware Version
ESXi 5.1 or 5.5
ESXi 5.1 or 5.5
ESXi 5.1 or 5.5
ESXi 5.1 or 5.5
Virtual CPUs
1
1. You can configure any combination of sockets and cores, the product of which must equal the number of virtual CPUs required. For example, if
16 virtual CPUs are required, you can configure 4 sockets with 4 cores, or 2 sockets with 8 cores, etc.
4
8
16
16
Memory (DRAM)
12 GB
16 GB
16 GB
24 GB
HDD Size
300 GB
600 GB
900 GB
1.2 TB
Throughput (Disk IOPS)
200 MB/s
200 MB/s
200 MB/s
320 MB/s
Table 2
Prime Infrastructure Physical Appliance Options for the Prime Infrastructure Physical Appliance (Gen 2, UCS based)
Physical Appliance Options
Appliance Image Format
Bare Metal/ISO
Equivalent 1.x Option
Physical Appliance
Hardware Specifications
CPU (cores/threads)
10 C/20 T
Memory
64 GB
Disk Capacity
4x900 GB
RAID Level
RAID 10
Disk I/O Speed
320 MBps
Devices
Maximum unified APs
20,000
Maximum autonomous APs
3000
Maximum WLAN controllers
1000
Maximum wired (switches, routers)
13,000
Maximum MSEs
25
NAMs
1000
Maximum number of devices
24,000