2.3 Cloud Manager Orchestration Agent Requirements

Use the requirements in this section to plan your deployment of the Cloud Manager Orchestration Agent.

2.3.1 Requirements for Orchestration Agent

The physical or virtual machine where you install the Orchestration Agent must meet the requirements in Table 2-3.

Table 2-3 Orchestration Agent Requirements

Item

Requirement

Operating System

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 (SLES 11 SP3) on the 64-bit (x86-64) architecture (Intel processor or AMD Opteron processor)

Hardware

The Orchestration Agent does not require a minimum hardware configuration other than a minimum recommended disk space of 100 MB.

If you are installing the agent to a vSphere environment, you can install the agent either locally on the vCenter Server (the vCenter appliance is not supported), or on a dedicated system (virtual or physical) as long as its operating system is supported for the Orchestration Agent.

After you install the software on a SLES server, packages for alternative platforms for the Orchestration Agent are available on the server. You can install the agent on most releases of the following operating systems on machines in the same network:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 servers

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 desktops

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 servers

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, or 2012 servers

  • Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, or 8.x desktops

For more information, see Section 5.2, Alternative Installation Methods for the Orchestration Agent.

2.3.2 Port Requirements for the Orchestration Agent

Table 2-4 identifies the ports and protocols required by the Cloud Manager Orchestration Agent. The computing node communicates with the Orchestration Server over a custom protocol. The ports (or their substitutes if you are not using the defaults) must be open for both inbound and outbound communication. Network firewalls must allow outgoing agent connections to these ports on the Orchestration Server.

Table 2-4 Port Requirements for the Cloud Manager Orchestration Agent

Port Number

Protocol

Function

8100

TCP

(Not secure) Used with a custom protocol for communication with the Orchestration Server.

8101

TCP

(Secure) Used with a custom protocol for secure communications with the Orchestration Server.