Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 10.3 Installation Guide

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System Requirements
 lists the platforms that are supported in Prime Optical.
Note
The 
Prime Optical
 server must run on a dedicated workstation. Any application that is not explicitly listed in 
 as 
being required or supported by 
Prime Optical
 cannot be installed on the dedicated 
Prime Optical
 server workstation.
Note the following:
Prime Optical
 is not validated against required file systems (/oracle, /db01, /db02, /db03, /db04, /db05) of the Network File 
System (NFS) type.
If you are installing 
Prime Optical
 with Prime Central, Domain Name System (DNS) must be enabled on the 
Prime Optical
 
server.
To install Prime Optical on the RHEL server, the yum command must be properly configured and the yum repository must 
be available. See, 
 for more information. Ensure that the system is registered on the Red Hat Network 
(RHN), or the RHEL DVD must be available to configure the yum repository properly.
 lists the items required to install the 
Prime Optical
 server.
Server Requirements
The following tables list hardware requirements for installing the 
Prime Optical
 server.
 lists the minimum processor requirements.
Note
It is possible to use and configure disk arrays for database storage with any type of Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks 
(RAID) layout. You can do so only if the disk throughput is equal to or higher than the throughput calculated for internal 
disks.
Table 1
Supported Platforms and Operating Systems
Platform
Operating System
Cisco UCS B series
1
1. See the appropriate 
 to verify which RHEL release is supported by each platform.
RHEL 6.5, server 64-bit
Cisco UCS C series
Table 2
Items Required to Install the Prime Optical Server
Requirement
Notes
Prime Optical installation DVD or ISO image
RHEL 6.5, 64-bit
Enable the IPV6 networking option, to install Linux.
Sun Microsystems Java Development Kit (JDK) Standard 
Edition version 1.7.0_65
JDK is installed automatically for the Prime Optical server and 
Prime Optical GateWay/CORBA.
Oracle 11g licenses
Oracle licenses can be purchased either for the server processor 
or for named users. For more information on Oracle named 
users, see the 
.
GNU  tar
Prime Optical uses GNU tar to extract files from archives. GNU 
must be installed on the Prime Optical server workstation.