To install Service Assurance Manager, IP Manager, or the Server Manager, you need to meet the requirements or perform the tasks that are listed in the following table.
| Before you install | |
| Review the important release issues for the product being installed. |
Release Note |
| Determine if the products are supported on your platform. |
Support Matrix |
| Review the patch requirements for your operating system. |
Support Matrix |
| Determine if your system meets the hardware requirements. |
Support Matrix |
| Installation method |
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| Install the product. |
Select one of the following installation methods: |
| After you install |
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| If your product is part of a deployment that requires the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, a U.S. government computer security standard governing cryptographic modules, perform the procedure to enable products in FIPS mode. |
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| If you installed the products as services, start them for the first time. |
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| Verify the current state of the products and the Broker. |
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| Optional task: After modifying your configuration files on one installation, you can use the deployment utility to create a deployment package of your configuration changes and deploy the package on other installations. |
Deployment utility overview |
