RSA 7.1 supported under ESX 3.5
More and more people would like to implement OTP (One Time Password) solutions. RSA is one of multiple vendors for OTP solutions. I also notice the wish to implement and support OTP with on-demand tokens, like SMS and e-mail.
RSA supports on-demand tokens, but the minimum RSA Authentication Manager version required is 7.1. Not only on-demand tokens, but also virtualization (like VMware) is very hot. For a long time, RSA 7.1 was only supported on physical servers. Running RSA 7.1 on a physical server doesn’t always perform very well, especially compared to RSA 6.1. This version performs well on a physical server as well on a virtual server.
RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 is now supported under VMware ESX server, hosting 3.5. You can check all supported platforms on the RSA website.
I guess I have to install this version under ESX to see how it performs, but maybe someone can tell me their own experience….
February 1st, 2010 at 2:11 am
Hi Mate,
I noticed you had performance issues with installing RSA 7.1 on a vmware server, so did i,
I installed on an esx server and assigned 2cpu’s and 4gb ram and performance was horrid, i went straight back to 6.1
I have to get this running soon and i am deciding if to try again with 7.1 SP on vmware or go for a physical server,
have you tried SP2 on vmware?
February 1st, 2010 at 9:19 am
Dean,
I have installed 7.1 (with the patch) under VMware 3.5 once and it is performing fine. This week I will install RSA 7.1 under VMware 4, so I will let you know how it performs.
René