Table Of Contents

Installing the CEPM Software

Minimum System Requirements

Minimum Hardware Requirements for Server Machine

Minimum Software Requirements for Server Machine

CEPM Platform Matrix

Minimum Database Requirements

Installing the CEPM Software

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Minimum System Requirements

This chapter lists system requirements for different components of the Cisco Enterprise Policy Manager (CEPM).

Minimum Hardware Requirements for Server Machine

The following minimum system hardware configuration is necessary to install and deploy the PAP and PDP:

•500 MHz

•1GB RAM

•40 GB hard disk

•CD-ROM drive (internal)

•10/100 Mbps network card

•512 MB minimum space

Minimum Software Requirements for Server Machine

The following minimum system software configuration is necessary to install and deploy the PAP and PDP:

Table 2-1 Minimum Software Requirement 

Component	Requirement
Operating System	Linux (AS2 / AS3 / AS4) Solaris (8 / 10) Windows (2000 / NT / XP with SP1 or above)
JDK	Sun JDK 1.5/1.6 IBM JDK 1.5/1.6 BEA JRockit 5.0/6.0
Application Server	Apache Tomcat 5.x WebLogic Server 9.2/10.0 SP4 WebSphere 6.1
Browser support (for PAP console)	IE 6.x / 7.x Firefox 2.0 and above

CEPM Platform Matrix

The following table lists the platform matrix for CEPM V3.3.2.0. It is intended to cover the information about the supported combination of operating systems, application servers and databases. The compatibility of this matrix is applicable to this version only and may subject to change in the upcoming versions.

Table 2-2 CEPM Platform Matrix 

CEPM Components	Application/Container	Version	Operating Systems
Entitlement Repository	Oracle	9i, 10g, 11g	Windows 2003 R2, Linux Redhat AS 3.0/4.0, Solaris 10.0
	MS SQL Server	2000, 2005 (Enterprise & Standard)	Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 R2
PAP/PDP App Server	WebLogic	9.2/10.0 SP4	Windows Server 2003 R2, Redhat Linux AS 4.0 and 5.0, Solaris 10.0
	Tomcat	5.5	Windows 2003 R2, Linux Redhat AS 3.0/4.0, Solaris 10.0, AIX 5.3
	WebSphere	6.1	Windows Server 2003 R2, Redhat Linux AS 4.0 and 5.0, AIX 5.3
PEPs	Java	1.5/1.6	Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Redhat Linux AS 4.0 and 5.0, Solaris 10.0
	.NET framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5	Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008
	JAX-WS	1.0	Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003 R2, Linux Redhat AS 3.0/4.0, Solaris 10.0
Java Compilers	Sun JDK	1.5/1.6
	IBM JDK	1.5 /1.6
PIPs	Sun Java System Directory Server	5.1, 5.2, 6.0
	Active Directory	2003, 2003 R2, 2008
	Novell E Directory	8.7.3, 8.8
	Oracle Database	9i, 10g, 11g
	Microsoft SQL Server	2000, 2005
	Web Service	N/A
	Java	N/A

Minimum Database Requirements

The following minimum database system software configuration is necessary to install and deploy the PAP and PDP:

Table 2-3 Minimum DB Requirements

Component	Requirement
Database Server	Oracle (9i /10g / 11g) MS-SQL Server (2000 / 2005)
Minimum Space Required	2 GB of user table space 2 GB of temporary table space
Schema / User for Cisco	A database user with privileges listed in the next section should be created prior to installation.

Refer "Creating tablespace and user in CEPM Database" for more details about how to create CEPM DB tablespace and DB user by granting necessary privileges in Oracle.