System Requirements

Data Platform has the following system requirements.

Software

Data Platform has the following software requirements.

Software

Category

Requirement

Operating Systems
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016 R2

Note:Users installing onto Windows Server 2022 who are planning to use CAC authentication, please see the cautionary note below this table.

Note:Support for operating systems and databases in English language only.

Databases
• MS SQL Server 2022 (Enterprise and Standard Editions)
• MS SQL Server 2019 (Enterprise and Standard Editions)
• MS SQL Server 2017 (Enterprise and Standard Editions)
• MS SQL Server 2016 (Enterprise and Standard Editions)
• Oracle 19c Enterprise Edition

Note:Support for operating systems and databases in English language only.

Note:Oracle 19c has known Normalize performance issues in the User Console. A pop-up message during setup will ask if you want to proceed with this known limitation.

Application Server

Data Platform ships with Apache Tomcat 9.0.100.

Java Runtime Environment

Data Platform includes OpenJDK JRE version 1.8.0_442.

Framework

.NET Framework 4.8.

Browsers

Data Platform supports the latest released versions of the following browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox

Caution:When installing onto Windows Server 2022 and using CAC authentication, be sure to enable the following setting in your IIS Site Binding settings: Disable TLS 1.3 Over TCP.

Hardware

Data Platform has the following hardware requirements.

Hardware

Environment

Data Platform Server

User Console Server

Database Server

Small

(up to 2,000 devices)
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 2 cores
• RAM: 4 GB
• Storage capacity: 20 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 2 cores
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage capacity: 20 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 2 cores
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage capacity: 50 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec

Medium

(up to 50,000 devices)
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 4 cores
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage capacity: 100 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 4 cores
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage capacity: 100 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 4 cores
• RAM: 32 GB
• Storage capacity: 350 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 150 MB/sec

Large

(up to 300,000 devices)
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 8 cores
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage capacity: 200 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 8 cores
• RAM: 32 GB
• Storage capacity: 200 GB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 80 MB/sec
• CPU: Xeon ES-2630 or similar, 8 cores
• RAM: 64 GB
• Storage capacity: 1.5 TB free space
• Network connection: Gigabit
• Disk I/O: 250 MB/sec

Note:For environments with more than 300,000 devices, please contact the BDNA Services team.

Network Ports and Protocols

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Data Platform Installation has the following network ports and protocol requirements.

Network Ports and Protocols

Port

Server

Protocol

Usage

80 (default), 443

Application

HTTP, HTTPS

IIS (Administration Console)

Note:If you use IIS Express, port 8080 is used by default.

8088 (default)

Application

TCP

Remote communication between BDNA application servers

1433 (typical)

Database

TCP

BDNA database (MSSQL)

1521 (typical)

Database

TCP

BDNA database (Oracle)

Note:The actual port number used for data extraction from your source database (MSSQL, Oracle, DB2, etc.) to the Normalize Server is dependent on the site-specific configuration of your source database.