Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager C3000 User Manual

Supported Hypervisors
ClearPass supports the following hypervisors:
Hypervisor Supported Versions
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
l 5.5
l 6.0
l 6.5 U1
Microsoft Hyper-V
l Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V
l Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V
l Windows Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
l Windows Hyper-V Server 2016
For the latest information about supported hypervisors
and virtual appliance system requirements, look in the
appropriate version folders in the Aruba Support
Center > Documentation > Software User &
Reference Guides > ClearPass > Release Notes.
Meeting the Recommended Hyper-V Server Specifications
Please carefully review all virtual appliance requirements, including functional IOP ratings, and verify that your
system meets these requirements. These recommendations supersede earlier requirements that were
published for ClearPass Policy Manager 6.7 installations.
Virtual appliance recommendations are adjusted to align with the requirements for ClearPass hardware
appliances. If you do not have the virtual appliance resources to support a full workload, you should consider
ordering the ClearPass Policy Manager hardware appliance
Supplemental Storage/Hard Disk Requirements
ClearPassHyper-V ships with a 30 GB hard disk volume. This must be supplemented with additional
storage/hard disk by adding a virtual hard disk (see Adding a Hard Disk to a Virtual Machine on page 43 for
details). The additional space required depends on the ClearPass virtual appliance version.
Processing and Memory Requirements
To ensure scalability, dedicate or reserve the processing and memory to the ClearPass VM instance. You must
also ensure that the disk subsystem can maintain the IOPs (I/O operations per second) throughput as detailed
below.
ClearPass Server I/O Rate
Most virtualized environments use a shared disk subsystem, assuming that each application will have bursts of
I/O without a sustained high I/O throughput. ClearPass Policy Manager requires a continuous sustained high
data I/O rate.
Virtual Appliance Platforms
Aruba provides three virtual appliance platforms, plus an evaluation platform:
l ClearPassPolicy Manager C1000V
l ClearPassPolicy Manager C2000V
l ClearPassPolicy Manager C3000V
l ClearPassPolicy Manager CLABV
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Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager C3000 Specifications

General

Brand	Aruba
Model	ClearPass Policy Manager C3000
Category	Server
Language	English