NICE Desktop Cloud visualization (DCV) requirements for Windows

The NICE Desktop Cloud visualization (DCV) integration with IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center has requirements for IBM Spectrum LSF management host and server hosts, the IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center web server, DCV rendering hosts, and the DCV user end station.

IBM Spectrum LSF server hosts (application hosts)

Item Description
Operating system
  • Windows 7/2008 Enterprise SP1 English Edition
Machine type
  • Virtual machine or physical machine
Software
  • IBM Spectrum LSF, Version 10.1, or later.
  • RealVNC Visualization Edition (VE) 4.6.3 Server is properly installed and configured
  • NICE DCV Server 2016 is properly installed and configured
  • CATIA V5R20 is properly installed and configured (if using the CATIA application)
User accounts
  • User accounts are configured in a central user database such as Active Directory.
  • The same OS user account name is configured on both Linux® and Windows.
  • The user accounts in the central user database have local administrator privileges on the LSF® server hosts (application hosts).
Shared disk
  • It is recommended to configure a shared disk accessible to all LSF server hosts (application hosts).
  • File permissions on the shared disk are managed through OS user account permissions.

IBM Spectrum LSF management and IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center web server

Item Description
Operating system
  • RHEL 6 or SUSE 11 64-bit
Machine type
  • Physical machine recommended

Software

  • IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center, Version 10.2, or later
  • IBM Spectrum LSF, Version 10.1, or later.
Additional requirements
  • Install IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center on the same host as the LSF management host.
  • Refer to the IBM Spectrum LSF and IBM Spectrum LSF Application Center installation documentation for more details.

DCV rendering hosts

DCV Rendering hosts must be properly installed and configured.

User workstations (DCV end station)

Item Description
Operating system
  • Windows English Edition
Machine type
  • Virtual machine or physical machine
Software
  • RealVNC Visualization Edition (VE) 4.5.1 Viewer is properly installed and configured
  • DCV Receiver is installed
Web browser
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Mozilla Firefox 20-27