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This chapter lists the tested and supported hardware and software specifications for Cisco Prime Data Center Network Management (DCNM) server and client architecture. The application has been tested in English locales only. This chapter contains the following section:
The Cisco DCNM Server is distributed with JRE 1.8.0_121 into the following directory:
DCNM_root_directory/java/jre1.8
Cisco DCNM Release 10.2(1) supports the Cisco DCNM Server on these 64-bit operating systems:
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1
Microsoft Windows 2008 Standalone SP2
Microsoft Windows 2012 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 6.6 and 7.0
OVA and ISO with integrated operating system
Cisco DCNM Release 10.2(1) supports the following databases:
Oracle11g Express (XE), Standard, and Enterprise Editions, and Oracle 11g Real Application Clusters (RAC)
PostgreSQL 9.4.5
Oracle 12c Enterprise Edition (Conventional)–(nonpluggable installation)
Note | Cisco DCNM Release 10.2(1) does not support Oracle 12c pluggable database version installation. |
Oracle 12c RAC (nonpluggable installation)
Note | The Cisco DCNM database size is not limited, and increases according to the number of nodes and ports that the DCNM manages with Performance Manager Collections enabled. You cannot restrict the database size. If you choose Oracle database, we recommend that you use Oracle SE or Enterprise edition, instead of Oracle XE due to table space limitations. |
Note | Customers are responsible for all the support associated with the Oracle databases, including maintenance, troubleshooting, and recovery. We recommend that customers perform regular database backups, either daily or weekly, to ensure that all the data is preserved. |
Cisco DCNM Release 10.2.1 supports ISO installation onto bare-metal server [no hypervisor] on the following server platform:
Cisco UCS C240M4 12G / 100G 4-CPU Cores with Cisco hardware RAID Controller [UCSC-MRAID12G-1GB/2GB] for RAID operation.
Cisco DCNM Release 10.2(1) supports the running of the Cisco DCNM server on the following hypervisors:
VMware ESXi 5.5
VMware ESXi 6.0
VMware vCenter 5.5
VMware vCenter 6.0
Note | vCenter server is mandatory to deploy the Cisco DCNM OVA Installer. |
Cisco DCNM Server resources for various installers are summarized in the following table.
LAN: 25 Switches and up to 1000 Ports SAN: 50 Switches and up to 2000 Ports |
LAN: 100 Switches and up to 3000 Ports SAN: 200 Switches and up to 5000 Ports |
LAN and SAN: 400+ nodes and 20000 ports |
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2 CPU Cores 2GHZ (or faster) 2 VCPUs for ESXi or KVM, 2GHz (or faster) |
4 CPU Cores 2GHZ (or faster) 4 VCPUs for ESXi or KVM, 2GHz (or faster) |
4 CPU Cores 2GHZ (or faster) 4 VCPUs for ESXi or KVM, 2GHz (or faster) |
8-GB memory, 80-GB free hard disk 2 servers or 2 VMs (ESXi or KVM), LAN/Programmable Fabric Native-HA or SAN federation |
12-GB memory, 100-GB free hard disk 2 servers or 2 VMs (ESXi or KVM), LAN/Programmable Fabric Native-HA or SAN federation |
12GB memory, 100-GB free hard disk 2 servers or 2 VMs (ESXi or KVM), LAN/Programmable Fabric Native-HA or SAN federation |
PostgreSQL 9.4.5 [included], Oracle11g or Oracle 12c Standard or Enterprise |
PostgreSQL 9.4.5 [included], Oracle11g or Oracle 12c Standard or Enterprise |
Native-HA: PostGreSQL [Included with OVA/ISO, Oracle11g or Oracle 12c Standard or Enterprise with RAC with dedicated resources |
Note | Although it is not mandatory, we recommend that you register the server system with Domain Name Service (DNS) servers. |
Cisco DCNM SAN desktop client and Cisco Device Manager support Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows 2012, and Red Hat Linux. The following table lists the minimum hardware requirements for these client systems.
Hardware |
Minimum Requirements |
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RAM (free) |
4 GB |
CPU speed |
3GHz or faster |
Disk space (free) |
20 GB |
If you install Cisco DCNM in a virtual machine, you must reserve resources equal to the server resource requirements to ensure a baseline with the physical machines.
Some Cisco DCNM features require a license. Before using the licensed features, you must install a Cisco DCNM license for each Nexus or MDS managed platform.
Note | Resource reservations for the OVA virtual machine are required to ensure consistent performance of the Cisco DCNM server. |
Small Deployment: Up to 50 Switches |
Large Deployment: More than 50 Switches |
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2 vCPUs, 2 GHz (or faster) |
4 vCPUs, 2 GHz (or faster) |
8-GB memory, 100 GB |
12-GB memory, 100 GB |
Cisco DCNM supports the following web browsers:
Mozilla Firefox Version 53.0 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 11.0.9600.18617CO
The following table lists other software supported by Cisco DCNM, Release 10.2(1).
Component |
Minimum Requirements |
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Security |
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DHCP Server |
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OVA/ISO Installers |
CentOS 6.6 |
Additionally, Cisco DCNM supports EMC call-home events, fabric change events, and events that are forwarded by traps and e-mail.