Preparing to Install

System Requirements

You can install Reflection Administrator components on a single computer or on separate computers. Detailed system requirements are provided in the Administrative WebStation. If you install all components on the same machine, you need 200MB of disk space. Briefly, the requirements for each of the components are as follows:

Reflection Management Server Requirements

The Reflection management server (the Administrative WebStation and the terminal emulation files) is platform-independent. It should be run on a server class operating system. To run the Reflection Administrator management server, you need the following:

• Any supported web server with a J2EE-compliant servlet runner. A servlet runner is installed with this version of Reflection Administrator when you use an automated installer.
  
  
• Minimum RAM required: 128 MB
  
  
• Minimum disk space required: 190 MB
  
  

Although the Administrative WebStation is installed on a web server computer, it can run in a browser on any machine.

To run the Administrative WebStation, you need:

• Any computer system that meets the minimum requirements for the client operating system, browser, and Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
  
  
• Any Java 1.1- or Java 2-compliant web browser that can run trusted applets and supports JavaScript, cookies, and cascading style sheets.

The terminal emulation files include the Java applets that you install onto your web server to deploy Reflection terminal sessions to your users.

To run Reflection terminal sessions, end users need:

• Any computer system that meets the minimum requirements for the client operating system, browser, and JVM.
  
  
• Any Java 1.1- or Java 2-compliant web browser or applet viewer that can run trusted applets.
  
  
• TCP/IP network connection.
  
  

The Administrative WebStation contains a list of the supported web browsers.

Security Proxy Server Requirements

To run the optional security proxy server, you need:

• Any server with a Java 2-compliant Virtual Machine (JVM) capable of running Java applications.
  
  
• Minimum RAM required: 256 MB
  
  
• Minimum disk space required: 110 MB
  
  

Metering Server Requirements

To run the optional metering component, you need:

• Any supported web server with a J2EE-compliant servlet runner. A servlet runner is installed with Reflection Administrator when you use an automated installer.
  
  
• Minimum RAM required: 128 MB
  
  
• Minimum disk space required: 125 MB