Systems that run VMware Smart Assurance components must meet certain hardware and software requirements. Operating system requirementsService Assurance Manager, IP Manager, MPLS Manager, Server Manager, Network Protocol Manager, Optical Transport Manager, VoIP Availability Manager and NCM Core servers (AS, DS, DB), Advisors and NCM Smarts Integration Adapter are supported on operating systems Hardware requirementsMinimum hardware requirements for CPUs, memory, and data disk space for the products. If you install more than one product on a system, the system must meet the total memory and disk space requirements for those products. CPU refers to the number of physical CPU cores and not the number of CPUs that are displayed when hyperthreading is activated.