APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configurations Guide

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Product(s): APTARE IT Analytics (10.5)
  1. Portal and database servers
    1.  
      Portal supported operating systems
    2.  
      Recommended portal configurations
    3.  
      Oracle Database and Memory Requirements
    4. Supported browsers and display resolution
      1.  
        Linux portal server: Exported and emailed reports
    5.  
      Supported third-party and open source products
  2. Data Collector server configurations
    1.  
      Data Collector supported operating systems
    2. Data Collector server memory and CPU guidelines
      1.  
        Customize the Linux file handle setting for large collections
      2.  
        Factors impacting Data Collector performance and memory requirements
    3.  
      Data Collector prerequisites
    4.  
      Firewall configuration: Default ports
  3. Capacity Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported storage arrays and access requirements
    2.  
      IBM Arrays: Modify profile
    3.  
      Creating a NetApp user with API privileges
    4.  
      Creating a NetApp cluster-mode user with API privileges
    5. Array/LUN performance Data Collection
      1.  
        Port performance metrics
    6.  
      EMC Isilon metrics
    7.  
      NetApp cluster-mode metrics
    8.  
      EMC Symmetrix enhanced performance metrics
    9.  
      Host resources prerequisites and configurations
    10. Host access privileges, sudo commands, ports, and WMI proxy requirements
      1.  
        Access requirements by OS
    11.  
      WMI proxy requirements for Windows host Data Collection
    12.  
      Host resources supported configurations
    13.  
      Supported host bus adapters (HBAs)
  4. Cloud configurations
    1.  
      Supported systems and access requirements
  5. Virtualization Manager configurations
    1.  
      Supported versions
    2. Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for VMware
      1.  
        Creating a VMware Read-Only user
    3.  
      Virtualization Manager Data Collector requirements for Microsoft Hyper-V
  6. File Analytics configurations
    1. Data Collector probes by storage type
      1.  
        CIFS shares
      2.  
        Host inventory probe
  7. Fabric Manager configurations
    1. Switch vendors
      1.  
        Download Cisco Data Center Network Manager
  8. Backup Manager configurations
    1.  
      Backup solutions and versions
    2.  
      Centralized NetBackup Data Collection requirements
    3. Veritas NetBackup 8.1 (and later) requirements for centralized collection
      1.  
        Required Software
  9. Internal TCP port requirements
    1.  
      Internal TCP port requirements
    2.  
      Internal portal server ports
    3.  
      Internal data collector ports

Switch vendors

Fabric Manager provides reports that include topological views of the interrelationships of objects attached to the switches--end-to-end paths for objects such as LUNs and File Systems. Fabric Manager can collect data for the following switches.

Table:

Vendor

Agent/Interface

Notes

Brocade

Preferred SMI Integrated Agents:

DCFM (Data Center Fabric Manager) v10.4

CMCNE (EMC Connectrix Manager Converged Network Edition) v10.4

Network Advisor (BNA) v11.x, 14.4

Stand-alone host-based SMI Agent installed on a host that can communicate with the Fabric v120.9.0

  • Select SMI Agent-only option when installing DCFM or Network Advisor.

  • The Brocade host-based SMI Agent supports Brocade SAN infrastructures from a single access point by communicating with multiple switches and multiple fabrics. Consult the Brocade list of host-based SMI-S switches. APTARE IT Analytics supports the switches on this list, including Brocade DCX Backbones. For switches with firmware version 7, you must use the integrated SMI agent.

  • SMI-S ports 5988/5989

Cisco

Preferred SMI Agent:

DCNM (Data Center Network Manager) v5.2.1

MDS 9000 SAN-OS v3.3.2 or higher

MDS 9000 NX-OS v4.1 or higher