Nytro Predictor Software Tool Overview : System Requirements

System Requirements

Nytro Predictor supports the following operating systems (OSs) on 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

Supported Operating Systems

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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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RHEL 5.3 to RHEL 5.7 and RHEL 6.0 to 6.3

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SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

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SLES11 SP1/SLES10 SP4/SLES11 GA

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Microsoft® Windows®

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32-bit/64-bit machines

Windows 7-SP1

Windows Vista-SP2

Windows Server 2008 SP2/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

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On 64-bit machines

Windows Server 2012

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Oracle® Enterprise Linux (OEL)

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OEL 5.6/OEL 6

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Ubuntu

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Ubuntu 10.04/ 11.1/12.04

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CentOS 5.7 to 6.3

Hardware Requirements

LSI Nytro Predictor software tool runs without any additional hardware.

Software Requirements

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The Nytro Predictor software tool runs with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 64-bit version 1.6 or later.

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The Nytro Profiler feature requires the following performance software to capture the storage access traces on the production servers.

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On Linux OS

blktrace version 1.0.0 or 2.0.0

blkparse version 1.0.1

You can download the supported RPMs from here: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=blktrace

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On Microsoft Windows OS

Microsoft Windows Xperf Performance Analyzer Version 4.8.7701

To install the Xperf utility, you must have Microsoft Windows Performance Toolkit (MSWPT). The Microsoft Windows SDK for a particular OS must contain the WPT file. You can download the supported SDK (ISO image) from here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb980924.aspx

NOTE  Do not use the Nytro Profiler tool on PowerShell.