Processor selection guidelines

Read about guidelines for processor requirements before selecting the right server to install Network Manager on.

The guidelines discussed here are for servers expected to support only Network Manager components. The guidelines assume the deployment of other Tivoli® products, such as IBM Tivoli Monitoring, and IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager on other servers. To combine the deployment of multiple major products on a single server, add the minimal requirements for each product together (see the individual product documentation for more information).

For small customer networks and demonstration or educational system deployments, use two processors at least on all platforms. Deployments of medium or large customer networks require four processors or more.

Note: For multiple core processors, individual core speed can be more important than the number of cores. While processors of any speed can be used, selecting the fastest core speed and largest on-chip cache makes a significant difference depending on the size of the network being discovered and polled.

For virtualized settings (supported by AIX® LPARS, VMWare ESX, and so on) use both processor and memory resources fixed to a virtual system supporting Network Manager.

For Linux on IBM z Systems settings, use the CPU allocation equivalent to that of two modern processors, from any of the native UNIX or Windows platforms supported by Network Manager.

For more details on processor selection and other deployment considerations, see Deployment of Network Manager.