Configuring an NFM-P system deployment

Deployment conditions

Before you attempt to install the NFM-P, you must comply with the conditions in this section and ensure that the NFM-P platform is correctly configured, as described in Part I: Getting started.

Chapter 3, RHEL OS deployment for the NSP contains OS-specific information about single-user GUI client and client delegate server deployment.

Platform support

You can deploy NFM-P components in virtual machines, or VMs. See the NSP Planning Guide for VM host requirements, and Deployment in a VM for VM deployment requirements and restrictions.

An NFM-P system consists of the following:

Note: CPAM functions in an NFM-P system are enabled only when the system includes one or more operational 7701 CPAA devices. See the 7701 CPAA and vCPAA Setup and Installation Guide for 7701 CPAA deployment information.

The following table lists the supported platforms for each NFM-P component type.

Table 13-2: NFM-P platform support by component

NFM-P component

Mac OS X

Microsoft Windows

RHEL

Main server

Main database

Auxiliary server

Client delegate server

Single-user client

nsp user account

NFM-P system operation and management require a RHEL user account called nsp in the nsp user group.