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This documentation relates to the latest released version of BMC Atrium Discovery (other versions).

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BMC Atrium Discovery is no longer supplied on physical platforms, it is supplied as a virtual appliance which is described in the Virtual Appliance section, or as a kickstart DVD which can be installed onto your own hardware.

The BMC Atrium Discovery appliance platforms are:

  • Dell PowerEdge R710
  • HP ProLiant DL380 G6 (Intel)

The HP ProLiant DL380 G6 is no longer produced by Hewlett Packard.

Links to the relevant sites are provided below:

BMC Atrium Discovery Production Specification

The current preferred and previous hardware platforms are described below.

Note, only servers can be used in a production environment. Workstations and laptops are not up to production specification.

Current preferred hardware platform

The production specification for the Dell PowerEdge R710 appliance is shown in the table below. This is the preferred production appliance hardware. If you are installing BMC Atrium Discovery from a kickstart DVD using the dellr710 option, this exact specification must be used.

Component Description
Server Dell PowerEdge R710
Chassis 2U Standard Rack Mount
CPU 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 Processor (2.40GHz, 4C, 12M Cache, 5.86 GT/s QPI, 80W TDP,Turbo, HT), DDR3-1066MHz
RAM Dell 24GB Memory for 2CPU (6x4GB Dual Rank LV RDIMMs) 1333MHz
Disk Controller PERC H700 Integrated RAID Controller, 512MB NV Cache, For x8 Backplane
Disks 8 x 146GB SAS 6Gbps 10k 2.5" HD Hot Plug
Power Supply 2 x High Output Redundant Power Supply 870W, Performance BIOS Setting

Older hardware platform

The production specification for the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 appliance is shown in the table below. If you are installing BMC Atrium Discovery from a kickstart DVD using the hpdl380g6 option, this exact specification must be used.

Component Description
Server HP ProLiant DL380 G6
Chassis 2U Standard Rack Mount
CPU 2 x Intel Xeon E5520 – Minimum CPU spec: 2.26GHz, 8MB Intel Smart Cache
RAM HP 18GB PC3-10600 (3x4GB & 3x2GB Kits DDR3-1333)
Disk Controller HP SFF SAS
HP Smart Array P410i, 512MB cache, BBWC (Battery Backed Write Cache)
Disks 2 x 146GB SAS 10,000rpm – RAID1 configuration for the Operating System & Applications.
6 x 146GB SAS 10,000rpm – 6 x 146GB disks in a RAID5 configuration for the BMC Atrium Discovery database.
Power Supply 2 x Hot Swap Redundant Power Supply 460W 12 Volt

The virtual appliance is also used in production. See Virtual Appliance delivery for more information.
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