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Installing Orion Network Configuration Manager
Chapter 2
Installing Orion Network Configuration
Manager
Orion Network Configuration Manager provides a wizard-driven installation
process.
Requirements
The requirements for Orion Network Configuration Manager vary based on a
number of factors, including the following:
The number of nodes
The frequency of configuration downloads
The length of time that configurations are maintained in the database
The following table provides the general requirements for an Orion Network
Configuration Manager installation.
Software/Hardware
Requirements
Operating System
Windows 2003 Server SP2 or later (32-bit and 64-bit) including R2,
with IIS installed and running in 32-bit mode. Windows 2008 Server
Enterprise or Standard (32-bit or 64-bit) including R2, with IIS installed
and running in 32-bit mode.
Note: SolarWinds does not support installation of Orion NCM on
Windows XP, Vista, or 7 in production environments. See below.
Orion NCM Server
Hardware
CPU Speed
3GHz dual core dual processor
Memory
3GB
Hard Drive Space
20GB
Installing Windows
Account
Requires administrator permission on the target server
File System Access
Permissions
Ensure the Network Service account has modify access to the system
temp directory (
%systemroot%\temp
).
SolarWinds Orion
Syslog Server
If you want realtime change detection triggered through devices
sending Syslog messages, the executable must have read-write
access to the Orion Core database. For more information, see
"Enabling Realtime Configuration Change Detection" and "Monitoring
SNMP"
.