Novell Sentinel
Tech Specs
System Requirements RD
Software Requirements
NOTE: Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment is not supported on the Open Enterprise Server® installs of SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2.
Software and Operating System Combinations
| Platforms | Sentinel Server Components | Sentinel Client Applications | Collector Manager | Collector Builder |
| SLES 10 SP2 (64-bit) | Certified | Certified | Certified | Not Supported |
| SLES 10 SP2 (32-bit) | Not Supported | Not Supported | Certified | Not Supported |
| Windows XP* (32-bit) | Not Supported | Certified | Not Supported | Not Supported |
| Windows Vista* (32-bit) | Not Supported | Certified | Not Supported | Certified |
| Windows Server* 2003 (32-bit) | Not Supported | Not Supported | Certified | Certified |
| Windows Server* 2008 (64-bit) | Not Supported | Not Supported | Certified | Not Supported |
NOTE: For Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment server, use SLES 10 SP2 (64-bit) OS with ext3 file system. For more information on file systems, see Overview of File Systems in Linux in the Storage Administration Guide.
Supported Web Browsers
- Mozilla* Firefox* 2.0.0.10
- Mozilla Firefox 3.x
- Internet Explorer* 8.x
Single Machine Configuration
| Components | RAM | Space | CPU |
| Machine 1: Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Server (Maximum EPS - 3200) | 16 GB | 1 TB, SAS (15K rpm) Hard Disk(s) | SLES10 SP2- Dell PowerEdge 2900,2 x Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5310 (1.6 GHz) with Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Collector Manager (1200 MB) | Hardware RAID 10 | ||
| DAS_Core (1024MB) | |||
| DAS_Binary (512MB) | |||
| Correlation Engine (512 MB) | |||
| 9 General Event Collectors | |||
| 4 eDirectory Event Sources (generating 250 eps each) | |||
| 3 Syslog Event Sources (generating 350 eps each) | |||
| 2 WMS Event Sources (generating 500 eps each) | |||
| 10 Correlation Rules Deployed | |||
| 10 unique Active Views | |||
| 3 simultaneous users |
3 Machine Configuration
| Components | RAM | Space | CPU |
| Machine 1: Sentinel 6.1 Rapid Deployment Server (Maximum EPS - 3750) | 16 GB | 1 TB, SAS (15K rpm) Hard Disk(s) | SLES10 SP2- Dell PowerEdge 2900,2 x Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® E5310 (1.6 GHz) with Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Collector Manager (1200 MB) | Hardware RAID 10 | ||
| DAS_Core (1024MB) | |||
| DAS_Binary (512MB) | |||
| Correlation Engine (512 MB) | |||
| 4 General Event Collectors | |||
| 4 eDirectory Event Sources (generating 250 eps each) | |||
| Machine 2: Collector Manager Collector Manager/Collectors |
4 GB | 300 GB,SATA (3 Gbit/s) Hard Disk | Windows or Linux – Intel® Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz) with Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Machine 3: Collector Manager Collector Manager/Collectors |
4 GB | 300 GB,SATA (3 Gbit/s) Hard Disk | Windows or Linux – Intel® Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz) with Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
Hardware Requirements
The Sentinel server components run on x86-64 (64-bit) hardware. Sentinel is certified on AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon hardware. Itanium servers are not supported.
This section includes some general hardware recommendations for Sentinel system design. In general, design recommendations are based on event rate ranges. However, these recommendations are based on the following assumptions:
- The event rate is at the high end of the EPS range.
- The average event size is 600 bytes.
- All events are stored in the database (that is, there are no filters to drop events).
- Ninety days worth of data is stored online in the database.
- Storage space for Advisor data is not included in the specifications in Table 3-2 and Table 3-3.
- The Sentinel Server has a default 5 GB of disk space for temporarily caching event data that fails to be inserted into the database.
- The Sentinel Server also has a default 5 GB of disk space for events that fail to be written to aggregation event files.
NOTE: The Advisor subscription requires an additional 50 GB of disk space on the server.
The hardware recommendations for a Sentinel implementation can vary based on the individual implementation, so it is recommended that Novell Consulting Services or any of Novell Sentinel partners be consulted prior to finalizing the Sentinel architecture. The recommendations below can be used as a guideline
NOTE: Because of high event loads and local caching, the Sentinel Server is required to have a local or shared striped disk array (RAID) with a minimum of 4 disk spindles.
System Requirements 6.1
Operating Systems
Sentinel components (including the database) are certified to run on the following operating systems. Novell recommends that you check with the respective vendors for security updates and patches.
The Sentinel services (Sentinel Database, Communication Server, Correlation Engine, Data Access Server, Advisor Data Service, and Collector Manager) are supported on the following platforms:
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32- or 64-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64-bit)
- Sun* Solaris* 10 (64-bit SPARC*)
- Windows 2008
- Windows 2003, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
The Sentinel user applications (Sentinel Control Center, Solution Designer, and Sentinel Data Manager) are also supported on the following additional platforms:
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
- Windows XP (32-bit)
- Windows Vista (32-bit)
Collector Builder is only supported on the following platforms:
- Windows XP (32-bit)
- Windows Vista (32-bit)
Databases
Sentinel is certified to run with the following databases:
- Oracle* 10g Enterprise Edition with partitioning (v 10.2.0.3 with Oracle critical patch #5881721) (32- or 64-bit)
- Microsoft* SQL Server* 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
NOTE: All databases should be installed on an operating system that is certified by the database vendor and also by Novell for use with Sentinel components. Oracle must run on Linux* or Solaris (not Windows).
Report Server
The supported reporting server is Crystal Reports Server XI R2. It requires a web server and a Central Management Server (CMS) database for operation, in addition to the Sentinel database. The Crystal Reports Server can be run on any of the following platforms in the Sentinel environment:
- Windows 2003 SP1 Server, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Crystal CMS database on Microsoft SQL 2005
- Web server on Microsoft IIS with .NET
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit)
- Crystal CMS database on MySQL
- Web server on Apache Tomcat
Novell has tested publishing and running reports from the Sentinel interface using the following versions of Crystal:
- On Linux: Crystal Reports Server XI R2 SP2
- On Windows: Crystal Reports Server XI R2 SP3
System Requirements 6.0
Supported Systems
For best performance and reliability, Novell strongly recommends that customers install all Sentinel components on approved software, as listed below, that have been fully quality assured and certified. For the most up-to-date information, see documentation at the Novell Documentation site.
Operating Systems
Sentinel components (including the database) are certified to run on the following operating systems. Novell recommends that you check with the respective vendors for security updates and patches.- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32- or 64-bit)
- Red Hat* Enterprise* Linux 3 Update 5 ES (32-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64-bit)
- Sun* Solaris* 9 (64-bit SPARC*)
- Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit SPARC)
- Windows 2003, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Windows XP (32-bit) (for Sentinel Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager only)
- Windows 2000, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit) (for Sentinel Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager only)
Databases
Sentinel is certified to run with the following databases:- Oracle* 10g Enterprise Edition (v 10.2.0.3 with Oracle critical patch #5881721) (32- or 64-bit)
- Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition (v 9.2.0.7 p. 5490841) (64-bit)
- Microsoft* SQL Server* 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
NOTE: All databases should be installed on an operating system that is certified by the database vendor and also by Novell for use with Sentinel components. Oracle must run on Linux* or Solaris (not Windows).
Report Server
The supported reporting server is Crystal Enterprise Server XI R2, which can be run on any of the following platforms in the Sentinel environment:- Windows 2003 SP1 Server, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Crystal database on Microsoft SQL 2005
- Web server on Microsoft IIS with .NET
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit)
- Crystal database on MySQL
- Web server on Apache Tomcat
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP2 (32-bit)
- Crystal database on MySQL
- Web server on Apache Tomcat
See the vendor documentation for additional detail about system requirements, supported version numbers, and known issues for these platforms.
Supported Stacks
Please see the Sentinel 6 Installation Guide for additional information about which stacks are supported (and which have known issues).