OPNET VNE Server Version 6.0
- Stand-alone OPNET VNE Server implementations
- Implementations of the OPNET VNE Server as a component of other OPNET solutions such as IT Sentinel, SP Sentinel, nCompass for Enterprises, or nCompass for Service Providers.
Supported Platforms¹ ² ³
| Vendor | Series |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 (v2.6 Kernel) |
| 1. | OPNET software is supported on the English language version of each operating system. |
| 2. | OPNET VNE Server is supported on 64-bit editions of Windows operating systems but does not exploit the associated 64-bit addressing capabilities. OPNET VNE Server is not supported on the Windows 2003 Web Edition operating system. |
| 3. | Supported under Windows Server 2003 instances, running within virtual machines hosted by VMware ESX Server 2.0 and 3.0, subject to the following notes and limitations. |
Required System Patches
| Vendor | OS | Patch Number/Name |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows 2000 Server | Service Pack 2 minimum |
| Windows XP Professional | N/A | |
| Windows Server 2003 | N/A |
Windows System Configuration
| Processor5 | RAM4 | Disk | FSB6 | |
| Minimum | Dual Core Intel Xeon 3070, 4MB Cache - 2.66 GHz |
3 GB | 250 GB | 1066 MHz |
| Quad Core Intel Xeon X3230, 2x4MB Cache - 2.66 GHz | 3 GB | 250 GB | 1066 MHz | |
| Recommended | Dual Processor, Dual Core Intel Xeon Model 5160, 4MB Cache - 3.0 GHz | 4 GB | 500 GB | 1333 MHz |
| Dual Processor, Quad Core Intel Xeon Model X5355, 2x4MB Cache - 2.66 GHz | 4 GB | 500 GB | 1333 MHz |
OPNET VNE Server
will not operate on machines with the Intel Itanium processor.
4. OPNET VNE server performance will improve with more available memory as network
size increases.
5. A dual-processor configuration is recommended.
6. Front-Side Bus (FSB) speed affects the speed of data transfer to and from
the OPNET VNE Server database; faster bus speeds will improve OPNET VNE Server performance.
OPNET VNE
Server is configured to perform its own data
management by default. Users migrating from OPNET VNE
Server 4.0 may choose to instead use their Oracle
database for data management. In this case, note
the following system
requirements related to Oracle.
User Authentication
Supports the following methods of user authentication and management: Local, RADIUS, TACACS+
Supported Web Browsers
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and later
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later