Prerequisite hardware accessories for QRadar installations
Before you install IBM QRadar products, ensure that you have access to the required hardware accessories and desktop software.
Hardware accessories
Ensure that you have
access to the following hardware components:
- Monitor and keyboard, or a serial console
- Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) for all systems that store data, such as QRadar Console, Event Processor components, or QRadar Flow Collector components
- Null modem cable if you want to connect the system to a serial console
Important: QRadar
products support hardware-based Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) implementations, but do
not support software-based RAID installations or hardware assisted RAID installations.