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Installation Guide for Cisco Unified Service Monitor
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Chapter 1 Prerequisites
Server and Client System Requirements
Table 1-1 Server Requirements for Service Monitor Standalone Installation
Description Specifications
System
parameters
Up to 1,000 phones Up to 10,000
phones
Up to 30,000
phones
Up to 45,000 phones
Call rate
(CDRs/min)
Up to 50 Up to 150 Up to 500 Up to 500
NAM/1040
Sensor
RTP Stream
rate
(Streams/min)
Up to 100 Up to 1000 Up to 5000 Up to 5000
CDR/ RTP
S t r e a m r a t e
(together)
Up to 50/100 Up to 150/800 Up to 500/1500 Up to 500/1500
Processor Two processors or dual core, 2
GHz minimum each
Two processors or
dual core, 2 GHz
minimum each
Four processors,
quad core or two
dual core, 2 GHz
minimum each
Four processors, quad
core or two dual core,
2 GHz minimum each
Memory
(RAM)
1
1. If server RAM size is less than 4 GB, then a warning message appears.
4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Page file
2
8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB
Disk space
3
• 84 GB recommended
• NTFS file system (required
for secure operation).
• At least 200 MB in
Windows temporary
directory (%TEMP%)
Software
4
5
6
7
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2 (32 Bit);
• Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition (32 bit) with Service Pack 2
8
• VMware ESX 3.5 or ESXi 4.x. For requirements, see VMware Guidelines.
• ODBC Driver Manager
9
3.5.10 or later.
• NTP-Configure the server to use Network Time Protocol (NTP) to synchronize with the
timeserver that is used by Cisco Unified Communications Managers in your network. See NTP
Configuration Notes, page 2-3.
Hardware
• Color monitor.
• CD-ROM drive.
• Support for one or two 1-GB NICs (one is required, and the second is for failover support; both
NIC cards must have the same IP address)