Storage Resource Monitor 6.4 system requirements
Updated February 21, 2017
Hardware requirements
The following table lists minimum hardware requirements and recommendations for your Orion system.
Small |
Medium |
Large |
|
---|---|---|---|
CPU | 2 | 2 | 2 |
RAM (GB) | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Disk (GB) | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Additional polling engines needed | 0 | 1 | 3 |
CPU | not needed | 2 | 2 |
RAM (GB) | not needed | 8 | 8 |
Disk (GB) | not needed | 50 | 50 |
Database Server | |||
CPU | not needed | 2 | 2 |
RAM (GB) | not needed | 8 | 8 |
Disk | not needed | 100 | 100 |
Monitored Environment | |||
Arrays | 5 | 25 | 50 |
Disks | 2,000 | 5,000 | 30,000 |
LUNs | 5,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 |
Software requirements
The following table lists minimum software requirements and recommendations for a SolarWinds SRM installation.
Software | Requirements | |
---|---|---|
Operating system |
Production | Evaluation Only |
|
|
|
Installing SolarWinds Orion on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials is not supported. |
||
Operating system languages |
|
|
IP address version |
IPv4 IPv6 implemented as a dual stack. For more information, see RFC 4213 - Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers. CIDR notation is not supported for IPv6 addresses. |
|
Web server |
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), version 6.0 or higher, in 32‑bit mode.
|
|
.NET Framework |
.Net 4.5 SP1 is required. |
|
Web console browser |
|
|
Services |
The following services must be running after installation is complete:
|
|
User privileges |
SolarWinds recommends that administrators have local administrator privileges to ensure full functionality of local SolarWinds tools. Accounts limited to the Orion Web Console do not require administrator privileges. |
Orion SQL database requirements
The following table lists software and hardware requirements for your SolarWinds Orion database server.
Environment Size | Small | Medium | Large |
---|---|---|---|
CPUs | 2 cores | 4 cores | 8 cores |
Hard Drive Space | 2 GB | 5 GB | 20 GB |
Due to intense I/O requirements, a RAID 10 drive is strongly recommended for the SQL Server database, SRM, and its log files. RAID 5 is not recommended for the hard drive hosting your SQL Server. The SRM installer needs at least 1GB of free space on the drive where temporary Windows system or user variables are stored. Per Windows standards, some common files may need to be installed on the same drive as your server operating system. |
|||
Memory | 2 GB | 3 GB | 4 GB |
SQL Server |
SolarWinds supports Express, Standard, or Enterprise versions of the following:
The following database versions are incompatible with SRM and will be blocked:
select SERVERPROPERTY ('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition') |
||
SQL Server collation |
We do not support case-sensitive databases. |
||
Authentication |
Either mixed-mode or SQL authentication |
||
Additional components |
The Configuration Wizard installs the following required x86 components if they are not found on your database server:
|
Server port requirements
Port | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
25 | TCP | SSL/TLS for email alert actions should be enabled. |
80 | TCP |
Default web port. If you specify any port other than 80, you must include that port in the URL used to access the Web Console. For example, if you specify an IP address of 192.168.0.3 and port 8080, the URL used to access the Web Console is https://192.168.0.3:8080. Open the port to enable communication from your computers to the Orion Web Console. Used on the NetApp head/cluster node and any available CIFS/NFS. Used by EMC VNX/Clariion for file side performance. |
161 | UDP |
Used for polling storage arrays through SNMP. Used on the EqualLogic Group IP. |
443 | TCP |
(HTTPS) Used on the NetApp head/cluster node and any available CIFS/NFS. Used by EMC VNX/Clariion for file side performance. |
1433 | TCP | Used for communication between the SRM and the SQL Server. |
1434 | UDP | Used for communication with the SQL Server Browser Service to determine how to communicate with certain non-standard SQL Server installations. |
1801 | TCP | MSMQ WCF binding (for more information see this KB:https://support.microsoft.com/kb/183293). |
5988 | TCP | (HTTP) Used by SMI-S providers. |
5989 | TCP | (HTTPS) Used by SMI-S providers. |
8088 | TCP | (HTTP) Backup port used for NetApp DFM management servers for 7-mode arrays. |
8443 | TCP | (HTTPS) Used by Storage Profiler SWIS. |
8488 | TCP | (HTTPS) Used for NetApp DFM management servers for 7-mode arrays. |
17777 | TCP |
Orion module traffic. Open the port to enable communication from your poller to the SRM Web Console, and from the SRM Web Console to your poller. The port used for communication between the Orion Web Console and the poller. |
17778 | TCP | (HTTPS) Required for access to the SWIS API. |
17779 | TCP |
(HTTP/HTTPS) SolarWinds Toolset integration. |
The following condensed table shows the ports used by SRM for collecting data from the storage arrays:
Port | Type | Storage Array | Description |
---|---|---|---|
80 | HTTP |
NetApp ONTAP API, NetApp DFM clustered mode |
Alternate ONTAP API port for NetApp connections. Alternate connection to NetApp On command for clustered mode management server. |
80 | HTTP | EMC VNX XML API |
Alternate connection to the EMC VNX control station for collecting file side performance data. |
161 | UDP | SNMP | SNMP connections to the storage array. |
443 | HTTPS |
NetApp ONTAP API, NetApp DFM clustered mode |
Secure ONTAP API port for NetApp connections. Secure connection to NetApp On command for clustered mode management server. |
443 | HTTPS | EMC VNX XML API |
Secure, preferred connection to the EMC VNX control station for collecting file side performance data. |
5988 | HTTP | SMI-S provider | Alternate port on SMI-S provider (external or on onboard). |
5989 | HTTPS | SMI-S provider | Secure and preferred SMI-S port on SMI-S provider (external or on onboard). |
8088 | HTTP | NetApp DFM 7 mode |
Alternate connection to the NetApp On command management servers for 7 mode arrays. |
8488 | HTTPS | NetApp DFM 7 mode |
Secure connection to the NetApp On command management servers for 7 mode arrays. |