What you need for this book
It is highly recommended to have the following hardware and software available in order to follow along with many of the examples discussed in this book:
- A computer with a 64-bit processor running Windows Server 2008 R2
- A computer running Windows, Linux, or Max OS X with a modern web browser (that is, Google Chrome, Firefox, and so on)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Edition
- SolarWinds Orion NPM 30-day evaluation
- A modern Linux OS (that is, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Fedora 18, and so on)
- VMware ESXi 4.0 or newer
- A Wireless Access Point and/or a Wireless Controller
- An enterprise-class managed switch (that is, Cisco Catalyst series, Brocade FastIron, HP Procurve, and so on)
- Managed router (that is, Cisco 2800 series, Juniper J-series, ...
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