1.2 Hardware Environment

The following hardware conditions must be met when using Resource Coordinator VE:
For supported models, refer to the ServerView Resource Coordinator VE home page.

Table 1.13 Required Hardware
Software	Hardware	Remarks
Manager	PRIMERGY RX series servers PRIMERGY BX series servers PRIMERGY TX series servers Other PC servers	The CPU must be a multi-core CPU. 2 GB or more of memory is necessary.
Manager	PRIMERGY Partition Model	-
Agent	PRIMERGY BX620 S4 PRIMERGY BX620 S5 PRIMERGY BX920 S1 PRIMERGY RX series PRIMERGY TX series Other PC servers	When using servers other than the PRIMERGY BX series, it is necessary to mount an IPMI-compatible (1) server management unit (2). When using HBA address rename, the "I/O Virtualization Option" is required. Other PC servers being used to operate VMware are not supported.
	PRIMERGY Partition Model	-
	SPARC Enterprise M3000	-
-	PRIMERGY SX650 PRIMERGY SX940	Registering a PRIMERGY BX series chassis displays it automatically. Installation of software is not necessary.
HBA address rename setup service	Personal computers PRIMERGY RX series servers PRIMERGY BX series servers PRIMERGY TX series servers PRIMERGY Partition Model servers Other PC servers	-

*1: Support IPMI2.0.
*2: This usually indicates a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller).

Note

The functions that agents can use differ depending on the hardware being used.

Table 1.14 Function Availability List
Function		PRIMERGY series			SPARC Enterprise	Other PC servers
Function		Blade Models	Rack-Mount/Tower Models	Partition Models	SPARC Enterprise	Other PC servers
Status monitoring		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (*1)
Power operations		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Backup and Restore		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Hardware maintenance		Yes	Yes (*2)	Yes (*2)	No	Yes (*2)
Maintenance LEDs		Yes	No	No	No	No
Open external management software		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Server switchover	Backup and Restore	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	HBA address rename (*3)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	VIOM Coordination Function	Yes (*4)	No	No	No	No
Cloning		Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
HBA address rename (*3)		Yes	Yes	No	No	No
VIOM Coordination Function		Yes (*4)	No	No	No	No
VLAN Settings		Yes	No	No	No	No
Pre-configuration		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Yes: Use possible.
No: Use not possible.
*1: Server monitoring in coordination with server management software is not possible.
*2: Maintenance LEDs cannot be operated.
*3: When using HBA address rename, the mounted HBA must be compatible with HBA address rename.
*4: ServerView Virtual-IO Manager is necessary.

The following hardware is required for admin clients:

Table 1.15 Required Hardware: Admin Clients
Software	Hardware	Remarks
Client	Personal computers PRIMERGY RX series servers PRIMERGY BX series servers PRIMERGY TX series servers PRIMERGY Partition Model servers Other PC servers	-