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Platform Requirements for VANTAGE Marine 11.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Requirements for Hardware and Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Compatibility and Interoperability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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1 General

This document describes the overall requirements on hardware, operating systems and

basic software to run VANTAGE Marine 11.6 applications on Windows.

This specification is valid from 2005-06-01

Supported Platforms

Supported platform is Intel IA-32 architecture PC running Windows.

All VANTAGE Marine applications require:

Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) or

Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher).

Internet Explorer version 6 (Service Pack 1) or higher.

Database server requires Windows 2000 or 2003 server, latest version recommended

Microsoft Excel (Delivered examples are designed to run under Excel 2000.)

The latest detailed information about necessary updates and patches for the operating

system can be found on AVEVAs support sites:

support.aveva.com

support.tribon.com

VANTAGE Marine is designed to run in a network. If run on a stand-alone machine, then a

virtual network (also called pseudo network) must be installed. Information on how to install

a virtual network can be found on Microsofts Internet pages.

VANTAGE Marine presupposes that TCP/IP is properly configured.

License ControlLicence control is made by FLEXlm 8.3b.

2 Requirements for Hardware and Network

General

To operate VANTAGE Marine efficiently there is a need to follow the below requirements.

AVEVA asks the customer to verify that the requirements have been implemented before

contacts are made with local support to seek assistance. If a problem reported by the

customer is caused by non VANTAGE Marine related areas in the network or in the


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operating system, AVEVA will charge the customer spent hours on investigating the

problems as well as costs for travelling and allowances.

Disk Space Requirements

The following table shows the disk space required for a VANTAGE Marine installation.

* The figure for each application is very approximate and includes various environment files.

Hardware Specification

A normal VANTAGE Marine installation will be based on a network solution, with multiple PC

Work-stations running against the same database on a server, communicating with yet other

servers and the client applications to be installed on the local PC Work-station.

In an installation the servers play different roles like

File server

Surface server

License server

Project server Database server

All these roles could be played by a single server but because of performance reasons in a

large configuration or redundancy they could be separated on several different servers or

being mixed.

The File server will be storing project files and other data not stored in the database.

The Surface server holds information about surfaces from VANTAGE Marine Initial Design.

The License server is a Windows-based server, which answers to license requests from the

clients.

The Project server keeps information about where projects are stored.

The Database server will handle a database.

Application Disk requirements *

Initial Design 200 MB

Basic Design 300 MB

Drafting 250 MB

Hull 1400 MB

Weld Planning 250 MB

Outfitting with PDMS 700 MB

Design Manager 200 MB

Assembly Planning 300 MB

Documentation 100 MB

Sample and template projects 200 MB

Total 3900 MB


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The requirements on hardware depend on the number of clients, the workload and the

expectation on performance. The recommended hardware below should be taken as

examples and reflect the market situation at the time when this specification is written. The

"minimum" alternatives are not recommended for new investments but rather show thathardware, once intended for older versions of the system components, can still be used for

VANTAGE Marine. For already existing hardware, please contact your hardware supplier for

evaluating potential upgrade needs.

Minimum Server (5 to 40 Users)

Minimum 2.0 GHz Pentium Server with one CPU, possible to upgrade to multipleCPU's.

1GB internal memory or more*

12 GB or more Ultra SCSI II HPL disks (10.000 revs per minute) The disk size dependson the amount of data in customer projects.

Backup unit

CD-ROM drive

Monitor

10/100 Mbps network connection

Note: With multiple CPU's this configuration will be able to handle up to 60 users

simultaneously. Large installations have to be configured upon request due to the

possible need for network segmentation, multiple server needs, Raid Disk concept

and Robotic backup solutions.

Recommended Server (5 to 40 Users)

3.0 GHz Intel Xeon DP Server with one CPU, possible to upgrade to multiple CPU's.

1 GB internal memory or more* 18 GB or more U320 SCSI disks (15.000 revs per minute). The disk size depends on

the amount of data in customer projects. Preferably RAID level 1+0.

Backup unit

CD-ROM drive

Monitor

10/100/1000 Mbps network connection

Note: With multiple CPU's this configuration will be able to handle up to 60 users

simultaneously. Large installations have to be configured upon request due to the

possible need for network segmentation, multiple server needs, Raid Disk concept

and Robotic backup solutions.

Minimum Client Workstation PC (and Server up to 10 Users)

Minimum 1 GHz Intel Pentium PC

1 GB internal memory or more

>9 GB Disk (If used as a work-station to run Tribon stand-alone or as a small server theneed will be >12GB Disk).

32 MB Graphical card with support for Open GL or better

monitor with 1280 x 1024 pixels resolution

Backup unit

CD-ROM drive

10/100 Mbps network connection


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Recommended Client Workstation PC (and Server up to 10 Users)

3.2 GHz Intel Pentium PC

1 GB internal memory or more

36 GB SCSI Disk or 74 GB 10krpm Serial ATA

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL Graphic card or NVIDIA Quadro FX PCI Express series

monitor with 1280 x 1024 pixels resolution

Backup unit

CD/DVD-ROM drive


Minimum Client Workstation PC

The following minimum hardware specification is the absolute minimum configuration for

VANTAGE Marine. This is not an optimal or efficient configuration but VANTAGE Marine will

work with all expected functionality.

Intel Pentium IIl 1GHz PC

512 MB RAM

9 GB Hard Disk

32 MB Graphical card with support for Open GL or better

inch monitor with 1280 x 1024 pixels resolution

CD ROM drive

Recommended Client Workstation PC

The following hardware specification is a recommended configuration for VANTAGE

Marine, based on HP hardware: HP xw4100 Pentium 4 (HT enabled) 3,2 GHz

1024 MB RAM

36 GB 10 000 rpm SCSI or 74 GB 10krpm Serial ATA

Monitor P1230 22"

NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL or NVIDIA Quadro FX PCI Express series

DVD-ROM drive


For workstations, three button mouses are recommended. Further large monitors are

recommended, preferably 19 - 20 inches.

For more Graphic recommendation, see below.

Graphics

A great variety of graphics cards are available on the market and many different cards may

work well with VANTAGE Marine. Traditional game cards should be avoided. Only graphic

cards with OpenGL support, suited for CAD applications should be used. It is further

important to make sure, that the latest and appropriate version of the driver for the graphic

card is used to get maximum performance and stability.


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The AVEVA support site contains information about graphic cards tested with AVEVA

software. The following list contains some examples:

* Only supported in HP Xeon workstations.

NetworkOne or several switches 10 - 100 MB Ethernet depending on the number of workstations

connected. (TCP/IP Software is normally included in Windows.)

A switched network is vital to obtain maximum performance.

100 base-T switched networks are sufficient for most client workstations.

Large installations require gigabit backbone and gigabit connected servers.

Internet connection, with suitable firewall arrangements, gives the possibility to take

advantage of the AVEVA Global Database, AVEVA Corporate and Support Site.

Distributed way of Working with VANTAGE Marine

VANTAGE Marine offers several ways of setting up remote access to projects. Running

normally means using an installation of VANTAGE Marine program in the remote location.

There is a possibility to have clients working over WAN connections with different IP based

technologies like DSL, VPN tunnels over Internet, Frame relay, or traditional LAN

technology over fibre connections.

If there are planning to use Internet as media for communication then it should be

considered that there is no guaranteed bandwidth over the Internet.

Several parameters are involved when estimating bandwidth demands like:

What kind of applications, working procedures, numbers of users etc.

A single user might be able use a 256 kbps connection working alone on thisconnection with 2D applications.

CARD DATE

Elsa Gloria Synergy II 2000-04-27

Intense 3D Wildcat 4110 PRO 2000-04-27 *

NVIDIA Quadro2 Mxr 2001-07-19

NVIDIA Quadro2 PRO 2001-07-19

ATI Fire GL 2 2002-05-01

NVIDIA Quadro4 750 XGL 2002-05-21

3dlabs wildcat VP560 2003-04-01




NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 2003-08-01

NVIDIA Quadro FX Series, PCI Express 2005-02-01


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A heavy 3D application user might require a 100Mbps connection to achieve goodperformance and high productivity.

There is no equal bandwidth sharing when connection several clients to a WAN connection.

This means that a single client can request a large part of the bandwidth and theperformance will appear sluggish for the others.

In a TCP/IP based network it is possible to have project, license, surface and database

servers both locally, remotely or mixed.

We encourage our customers to make their own tests to establish a bandwidth suitable for

their demands and way of work when considering a WAN implementation. It should not only

be possible to work this way but also efficient.

3 Compatibility and Interoperability

Generally, AVEVA adopts a philosophy where projects are upward compatible. This means

that projects in earlier versions of systems from AVEVA can be upgraded and used by

VANTAGE Marine. For VANTAGE Marine this upgrade philosophy is applied to some parts,

but not all, of project data.

VANTAGE Marine is not designed to inter-operate with earlier versions of systems from

AVEVA

Please contact AVEVA if there is a need for more detailed information about compatibility

and interoperability.

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