Installation Requirements

This section contains the following topics:

Requirements Overview

The following topics identify the primary requirements for installing and using Prime Network Services Controller.

System Requirements

Requirement Description

Prime Network Services Controller Virtual Appliance

Four virtual CPUs

1.8 GHz

Memory

4 GB RAM

Disk space

220 GB on shared NFS or SAN, configured on two disks as follows:

  • Disk 1—20 GB

  • Disk 2—200 GB

Management interface

One management network interface

Processor

x86 Intel or AMD server with 64-bit processor listed in the VMware compatibility matrix

Prime Network Services Controller Device Adapter

Two virtual CPUs

1.8 GHz

Memory

2 GB RAM

Disk space

20 GB

Interfaces and Protocols

HTTP/HTTPS

—

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

—

Intel VT

Intel Virtualization Technology (VT)

Enabled in the BIOS

Hypervisor Requirements

Prime Network Services Controller is a multi-hypervisor virtual appliance that can be deployed on VMware vSphere, OpenStack KVM Hypervisor, or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 (Hyper-V Hypervisor).
Requirement Description

VMware

VMware vSphere

5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 with VMware ESXi (English only)

VMware vCenter

5.1, 5.5, and 6.0 (English only)

OpenStack KVM

KVM Hypervisor

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server, 64-bit

KVM Kernel

Version 3.2.0-52-generic

Cisco OpenStack Installer

Havana (Standalone mode only)

Prime Network Services Controller 3.4 does not support Orchestrator mode.

Microsoft

Microsoft Server

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (Standard or Data Center)

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

Microsoft SCVMM 2012 R2


Note

Prime Network Services Controller running as a virtual machine with version 3.4.1b and later can be hosted on VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 hosts that are managed by VMware vCenter Server 6.0.

Web-Based GUI Client Requirements

Requirement Description

Operating system

Either of the following:

  • Microsoft Windows

  • Apple Mac OS

Browser

Any of the following:

  • Google Chrome 32.0 or later (recommended)1

  • Internet Explorer 10.0 or later

  • Mozilla Firefox 26.0 or later

Flash player

Adobe Flash Player plugin 11.9 or later

1 Before using Chrome with Prime Network Services Controller, you must disable Adobe Flash Player plugins that are installed by default with Chrome. For more information, see Configuring Chrome for Use with Prime Network Services Controller.

Firewall Ports Requiring Access

If Prime Network Services Controller is protected by a firewall, the following ports on the firewall must be open so that clients can contact Prime Network Services Controller.

Port Description

22

TCP

80

HTTP

443

HTTPS

843

Adobe Flash

Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch Requirements

Category Requirement

General

The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch is operational and that virtual machines (VMs) are installed.

VLANs

The following VLANs are configured on the Cisco Nexus 1000V uplink ports:

  • Service VLAN

  • HA VLAN

Neither VLAN needs to be the system VLAN.

Port profiles

One port profile is configured on the Cisco Nexus 1000V for the service VLAN.