SRM 6.9 System Requirements

SRM Server

2

8

100

3

Additional Polling Engine

2

8

50

Database Server

2

8

100

Monitored Environment

30,000

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016

For evaluation, SolarWinds products are also supported on Windows 10.

IIS and MSMQ must be installed. SolarWinds recommends that the Orion administrators have local administrative privileges to ensure full functionality of local Orion tools. Accounts limited to use of the Orion Web Console do not require administrative privileges.

Language versions supported: English (UK or US)

• Microsoft IIS, version 6.0 and higher, in 32-bit mode.
  • SolarWinds products are not compatible with installations of Internet Information Service version 6.0 (IIS 6) that make use of web gardens.
  • DNS specifications require that hostnames be composed of alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9), the minus sign (-), and periods (.). Underscore characters (_) are not allowed. For more information, see RFC 952.

.NET 4.6 or later.

• Windows operating system management and monitoring tools component

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8 or higher with Active scripting
• Firefox 32.0 or higher (Toolset Integration is not supported on Firefox)
• Chrome 40.0 or higher
• Safari for iPhone

Large

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.

4 GB

SolarWinds supports Express, Standard, and Enterprise editions of the following:

• SQL Server 2014, 2014 SP1, 2014 SP2
• SQL Server 2016, 2016 SP1, 2016 SP2
• SQL Server (Undefined variable: General.Year)
• SQL Server 2019

The following database versions are incompatible with SRM and will be blocked:

• SQL 2012
• SQL 2008
• SQL 2005
• SQL 2000
• MSDE

Use the following database query to check your SQL Server version, service pack, release level, and edition:

select SERVERPROPERTY ('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')

Due to latency effects, SolarWinds does not recommend installing your SQL Server, SRM, or additional polling engine in different locations across a WAN.

The Configuration Wizard installs the following required x86 components if they are not found on your database server:

• SQL Server System Common Language Runtime (CLR). SolarWinds products use secure SQL CLR stored procedures for selected, non-business data operations to improve overall performance.

• Microsoft SQL Server Native Client

• Microsoft SQL Server Management Objects

.NET Framework is not required if your database is on a separate server.

If you are managing your SQL database, SolarWinds recommends installing the SQL Server Management Studio component.

If SRM installs SQL Server System Common Language Runtime, a manual restart of the SQL Server service for SRM is required.

SRM (and other Orion Platform products cannot be installed on the same server as SolarWinds Access Rights Manager.

SSL/TLS for email alert actions should be enabled.

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.

Default for HTTP binding

Used for communication between the SRM and the SQL Server.

Used for communication with the SQL Server Browser Service to determine how to communicate with certain non-standard SQL Server installations.

MSMQ WCF binding (for more information see this KB:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/183293).

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.

(HTTPS) Required for access to the SWIS API.

Alternate ONTAP API port for NetApp connections.

Alternate connection to NetApp On command for clustered mode management server.

Used by EMC VNX/Clariion for file side performance.

Secure ONTAP API port for NetApp connections.

Secure connection to NetApp On command for clustered mode management server.

(HTTPS) Used on the NetApp head/cluster node and any available CIFS/NFS.

Used by EMC VNX/Clariion for file side performance.

Alternate connection to the NetApp On command management servers for 7 mode arrays.