PERFORMANCE & VISIBILITY

FactoryTalk Metrics

System Requirements

Server Software
The following software is required for server functions:

 Windows Server™ 2000 (SP3 or higher), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
(SP1 or R2), or Windows XP Professional (SP2 or higher)
 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (provided)
 Database software — either:
o SQL Server 2000 SP4 or SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition SP2 (provided), or
Oracle 8.1.7 or Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 or Oracle 10g R2 Standard
o If Report Expert is used, then SQL Server 2005 is required and Oracle is not
supported
 Microsoft Reporting Services 2005 (provided) — required for Report Expert
 Internet Information Server (IIS) — required for Report Expert
 FactoryTalk Activation (provided)
 FactoryTalk Automation Platform (provided)
 Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.0 to view documentation (provided)
 Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 (provided)
 ODBC Driver Manager 3.510 or higher
 TCP/IP network connectivity

Client Software
To view FactoryTalk Metrics reports (either Report Expert or QuickWeb) with a Web browser, the
following software is required:

 Windows 2000 Professional or Server (SP3 or higher), Windows Server 2003

Standard Edition (SP1 or R2), or Windows XP (SP2 or higher)
 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 (provided)
 HTTP 1.1
 TCP/IP network connectivity

Server Hardware
FactoryTalk® Metrics is a highly configurable and scalable application, and hardware requirements for a
server vary considerably depending upon the size and architecture of the application. For example:

 The server and database components of a FactoryTalk Metrics application can

be resident on a single computer, or distributed between multiple computers.
The computer requirements for each architecture will be different.
 FactoryTalk Metrics applications can vary quite widely in size and in the amount
of data collected and stored. The licensed workcell count ranges from 1 to over
200, and there is no license limit on the number of custom events.
  The number of clients accessing the system and viewing reports has an impact
on hardware requirements.

The specifications for server computers listed here are to be considered minimums for a small
FactoryTalk Metrics application where all services are running on one computer or for larger
applications where there is a separate database server.

To use FactoryTalk Metrics effectively, your server computer should be a "server class" machine and
must have at least:

 2.0 GHz Pentium® 4 processor (multiple processors are supported)

 2 GB of RAM
 300 MB of free hard disk space to install FactoryTalk Metrics software
 350 MB to install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and related technologies
 400 MB to install the Oracle client software (if used)
 Additional disk space, as required, to accommodate database growth

Though it is not required to have a separate machine to store the database for FactoryTalk Metrics, it is
recommended. If you intend to have a separate database server, you should be aware of the following
recommendations:

 Dual processors (Pentium III Xeon or better)

 2 GB RAM
 Data storage options: RAID or multiple disks

Your Rockwell Automation salesperson or system integrator should be able to help you in assessing the
hardware requirements for your particular application.

Control System Requirements

 OPC 1.0- or 2.0-compatible control system.

 RSLogix 5000 (for use with the FactoryTalk Metrics Line Edition UDT)