Cisco Cisco Prime Central 1.2 Installation Guide
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Additional Requirements
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All PCs must have access to the Prime Central server hostname.
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Clocks must be synchronized on Prime Central and all attached Prime application servers.
Upgrade from Prime Central Fault Management 1.1
to 1.2:
to 1.2:
The server must have at least (size of the current
installation directory + 5 GB) of free space in the
folder where Prime Central Fault Management 1.1 is
installed.
installation directory + 5 GB) of free space in the
folder where Prime Central Fault Management 1.1 is
installed.
Example: If Prime Central Fault Management 1.1 is installed in the
/opt/primecentral/faultmgmt folder and that folder is 15 GB, you must
have at least 20 GB of free space in the /opt/primecentral folder before
upgrading.
/opt/primecentral/faultmgmt folder and that folder is 15 GB, you must
have at least 20 GB of free space in the /opt/primecentral folder before
upgrading.
64-Bit Operating System Platform
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 with x86_64 bit
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If you are upgrading from Prime Central 1.x to 1.2, you must first
upgrade the server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 to 5.8.
upgrade the server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 to 5.8.
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Prime Central Fault Management requires the kernel-headers OS
library. When installing RHEL, choose the Software Development
option to ensure that the kernel-headers library is installed.
library. When installing RHEL, choose the Software Development
option to ensure that the kernel-headers library is installed.
Hardware
One of the following:
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Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-series
blade or C-series rackmountable server, bare
metal or with VMware ESXi 4.1 or 5.0
blade or C-series rackmountable server, bare
metal or with VMware ESXi 4.1 or 5.0
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Equivalent third-party vendor hardware platform
Use the following minimum hardware resources for the individual
Prime Central and Fault Management servers:
Prime Central and Fault Management servers:
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16 GB of RAM
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2 CPUs
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100 GB hard disk space
Before installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8, ESXi 4.1, or ESXi 5.0
for Prime Central, verify your hardware compatibility. See the
Cisco UCS hardware compatibility list at
for Prime Central, verify your hardware compatibility. See the
Cisco UCS hardware compatibility list at
Red Hat RPM Packages
For Prime Central Fault Management, the installer
automatically installs the Red Hat RPM Package
Manager (RPM) packages listed in
automatically installs the Red Hat RPM Package
Manager (RPM) packages listed in
.
If any of the RPM packages are missing, the Fault Management
installer automatically installs them. No user intervention is required.
installer automatically installs them. No user intervention is required.
For Prime Central, the following packages must be
present in the system path:
present in the system path:
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perl 5.8.6 or later
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Red Hat Services and Components
The following Red Hat services and components
(usually present as part of the Red Hat installation)
are required:
(usually present as part of the Red Hat installation)
are required:
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/usr/bin/scp—Secure copy tool.
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/usr/sbin/sshd—SSH daemon.
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/usr/bin/ssh—SSH.
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/usr/bin/ssh-keygen—Tool to generate, manage,
and convert authentication keys.
and convert authentication keys.
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Table 1
Database, OS, and Hardware Requirements (continued)
Minimum Requirement
Notes