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1 Overview ··································································································································································· 1
IMC components ······························································································································································· 1
IMC Platform ····························································································································································· 1
Service components ················································································································································· 1
IMC editions ······································································································································································ 3
Installation and deployment ············································································································································· 4
2 Preparing for installation ·········································································································································· 5
Hardware requirements ···················································································································································· 5
Software requirements ······················································································································································ 7
Setting the Java memory size on 32-bit OS ··················································································································· 8
Installing IMC on a virtual machine ································································································································ 8
Preparing the installation environments ·························································································································· 8
Uninstalling previous versions of IMC ···················································································································· 8
Ports and firewalls ···················································································································································· 9
Checking the installation environment ··················································································································· 9
Superuser account ·························································································································································· 10
Setting the system time ··················································································································································· 10
3 Installing and deploying the IMC Platform ··········································································································· 11
Installing the IMC Platform ············································································································································ 11
Typical installation ················································································································································· 13
Custom installation ················································································································································ 16
Deploying the IMC Platform ·········································································································································· 24
Deploying a single IMC component ···················································································································· 30
IMC service logon accounts ·········································································································································· 30
4 Installing and deploying IMC service components ······························································································ 31
Installing and deploying IMC NTA ······························································································································ 33
Installing IMC NTA ················································································································································ 34
Deploying IMC NTA ············································································································································· 41
Installing and deploying IMC UAM ····························································································································· 43
Installing and deploying IMC EAD ······························································································································ 52
Installing and deploying IMC MVM ···························································································································· 56
5 Installing plug-ins ···················································································································································· 59
Installing DHCP plug-ins ················································································································································ 59
On the MS DHCP server ······································································································································· 59
On the Linux DHCP server ···································································································································· 60
Installing VRM agent plug-ins ········································································································································ 61
Installing a VRM Windows agent ························································································································ 61
Installing a VRM Linux agent ································································································································ 62
Installing Android clients ··············································································································································· 63
Installing LLDP agent plug-ins ········································································································································ 64
Installing an LLDP Linux agent ······························································································································ 64
Installing an LLDP Windows agent ······················································································································ 65
6 Logging in to IMC ··················································································································································· 66
Accessing IMC ······························································································································································· 66
Securing IMC ·································································································································································· 66
Accessing UAM ······························································································································································ 67
