3.3 Orchestrator Client Node Requirements

You can monitor and run jobs, run the command line interfaces, and create and modify jobs using the tools and monitors included with the ZENworks Orchestrator clients. ZENworks Orchestrator manages jobs on and gathers data about data center computing resources that meet the following minimum requirements:

IMPORTANT:The platforms listed here have been tested for the 1.3 release, and as such are the only platforms supported at this time.

Some of the install programs for other operating systems that are embedded with the Administrator Information page have not been tested for this release.

Table 3-3 Client Node Requirements for High Performance Computing

Item

Requirement

Operating System

Linux machines:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows machines:

  • Windows XP (32-bit)

  • Windows 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Hardware

Minimums:

  • 100 MB disk space

  • 800 MHz CPU

  • 512 MB RAM

  • SVGA-grade monitor

TCP Ports

The Orchestrator clients consist of various components that communicate with the Orchestrator Server:

  • Port 8100 is used with a custom protocol for invoking the zos command line interface or for opening the SDK (Java Developer’s toolkit).

  • Port 8101 is also used for invoking the zos command line interface or opening the Java Developer’s toolkit by using TLS.

  • Port 1099 is used with RMI for invoking the zosadmin command line interface or for running the Orchestrator Console.