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Minimum Proxy Requirements

Component	Minimum Requirement
Memory	2GB Available RAM.
Hard Disk	1GB free in OS partitions 10GB per update channel 3GB per OS image
Operating System	Sun xVM Ops Center 1.0 Satellite and Proxy layers require Solaris 10 update 3 or higher (x64 or SPARC) or RHEL 5.0.
Processor	AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon: 1 sockets; 2 or more cores UltraSPARC T1/T2: 1 socket; 1 or more cores UltraSPARC IV+/IV: 1 sockets UltraSPARC IIIi: 1 sockets
Network Connection	At least one Network Interface Card (NIC).

The Proxy application sits between the Satellite Server and the Agent. It acts like a big 'master agent' for all the managed systems. It presents a normalized "proxy domain model" view of the managed systems to the satellite. The proxy runs tasks scheduled by the Satellite's Job Manager, typically against the domain model, and can also forward tasks down to the Sun xVM agent.

The proxy also contains an http proxy which is used to route data requests from the agent to the data repository on the satellite. The proxy routes traffic when the agent is not directly network accessible to the satellite. A proxy is also used when the target machine is not on the same subnet as the satellite, such as provisioning an OS on a different subnet.

The proxy needs to participate in the following functional areas:
1. Offer a proxy domain-model view of all managed systems it is responsible for
2. Provide a local Image/Boot/DHCP Server for OS Provisioning
3. Provide a job sub-service capable of executing jobs locally or forwarding them to a managed coso agent

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