System requirements of a hybrid deployment

Learn about the system requirements for a hybrid deployment of IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight®.

For detailed system requirements on the on-premises and cloud portions of a hybrid deployment, search for version 1.6.6 of the Netcool Operations Insight product in the Software Product Compatibility Reports website: https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.htmlexternal link

The cloud portion of a hybrid installation, the cloud native Netcool Operations Insight components on Red Hat® OpenShift®, has the following requirements.

Browser support

The current version of Netcool Operations Insight, 1.6.6, is compatible with several browsers. For more information, see the Web Browsers section on the Supported Software tab in the 1.6.6 report: 1.6.6 Software Product Compatibility Report external link

OpenShift support

The current version of Netcool Operations Insight, 1.6.6, is compatible with Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 and 4.10. All of the documentation links point to version 4.10 of the Red Hat OpenShift documentation: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/openshift_container_platform/4.10external link
Note: When upgrading Red Hat OpenShift, do not to drain all the nodes. Instead, rely on the PodDisruptionBudgets (PDBs) to ensure that there is no service disruption.

Platform support

Netcool Operations Insight on OpenShift is supported on x86 platforms.

A Netcool Operations Insight on OpenShift deployment is also supported on the following platforms:

Sizing

For more information about sizing for the cloud components of a hybrid deployment, see Sizing for a hybrid deployment.

Storage

For more information about storage options for the cloud components of a hybrid deployment, see Hybrid storage.