Minimum hardware and software requirements

This topic contains the following sections:

BMC Server Automation requirement

BladeLogic Portal 1.2 is compatible with BMC Server Automation 8.6 or later versions.

Windows installation requirements

When installed on Microsoft Windows, the BladeLogic Portal server requires:

64-bit Microsoft Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2
8 GB memory
50 GB free disk space at minimum, 120 GB recommended
4 CPU processor with minimum 1.6 GHz
Network speed minimum of 100 Mbps
Java RunTime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.7

Linux installation requirements

When installed on Linux, the BladeLogic Portal server requires:

64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.0 or later
8 GB memory
50 GB free disk space at minimum, 120 GB recommended
4 CPU processor with minimum 1.6 GHz
Network speed minimum of 100 Mbps
Java RunTime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) version 1.7

Database installation requirements

Installation requirements vary by database vendor.

Oracle

Oracle 11.2 or later
Operating system—64-bit Red Hat Linux
Disk space—50 GB available
Memory—16 GB recommended
Processor—2 Xenon with 2 GHz (recommended that you use 4 Xenon with 3 GHz or better)
AL32UTF8 character set (to provide Unicode support)
Click here for information about determining the character set.
By default, Oracle does not create a database with the UTF-8 character set. When you create a new database, ensure that you select AL32UTF8 in the Oracle database setup.
To determine whether a database is using the correct character set, you can run a script that BMC provides.
1. In the installation files, cd to this directory:
  installation_file_location/linux/BMCAutomationPortal/Disk1/utility/oracle/utils/configuration
2. As the Oracle system user, run the following command:
  sqlplus system/system_user_password@<SID> @showcharset.sql
SGA and PGA settings—Typically, default values are sufficient.

Click here for information about SGA and PGA.

To determine the current SGA value, run the follow command as the Oracle system user:
show sga
On 64-bit Windows platforms and 32-bit platforms not running Windows, when either MEMORY_TARGET or MEMORY_MAX_TARGET is specified, the value of SGA_MAX_SIZE is set to the larger of those parameters.
PGA tuning is enabled by default and is usually 20% of SGA.

SQL Server

SQL Server 2008 R2 or later, SQL Server 2012 x64
Operating system—64-bit Windows
Disk space—50 GB available
Memory—16 GB recommended
Processor—2 Xenon with 2 GHz (recommended that you use 4 Xenon with 3 GHz or better)

Installation stack combinations

Currently, BladeLogic Portal supports the following installation stacks:

BladeLogic Portal OS	Supported databases
64-bit Microsoft Windows 2008 or 2012	SQL Server 2008 R2 or later SQL Server 2012 x64
64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.0 or later	Oracle 11.2 or later

Required ports

BladeLogic Portal requires the following ports for a standard installation. As noted below, your firewall must allow communication through some of these ports for the associated components to function.

Port	Protocol	Configured on	User can choose port number?	Firewall exception needed?	Description
8443	TCP	Portal server	Yes	Yes	Default secure port used to access the portal application using HTTPS
8080	TCP	Portal server	Yes	Yes	Default port used to access the portal application using HTTP
8005	TCP	Portal server	Yes	No	Default port used by the portal server for administrative purposes
9875	TCP	Portal server	No	No	Internal communication port needed by the portal server (PORTAL_JMX_PORT)

9843	TCP	BMC Server Automation Application Server	Yes	Yes	Default web services port configured on the BMC Server Automation Application Server for REST queries

Supported browsers

Google Chrome 18 or later
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or later
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x or later

Minimum resolution

The minimum resolution BladeLogic Portal supports is 1280 x 1024.