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Usage Models
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Linux supports two usage models:

  • Single System: Analyze the performance of software running locally on the same system as VTune analyzer.
  • Two Systems (Host and Remote Target): A host computer running VTune analyzer can control event-based sampling and call graph data analysis on a remote target machine running a remote data collector (RDC). The connection between the target and host computers is TCP/IP. This is useful for analysis of embedded systems or to lower the measurement overhead on the target system by using fewer resources.
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This information is for software version 9.0 update 7, newer software may be available. For the latest details and to download new software please check for updates.

Hardware Requirements

Type

Requirements

Memory

Integrated Eclipse* Environment, Single System or Host Only:
512 MB of RAM

Command Line or Target Only:
256 MB of RAM

Your application:
When running your application with the Call Graph collector, it will require more memory than usual.

Disk Space

Integrated Eclipse Environment, Single System or Host Only:
1 GB during installation
500 MB after installation

Command Line or Target Only:
600 MB during installation
100 MB after installation

Data Space:
This varies greatly, but for a single or dual processor system, an additional 1 GB on the target system is a good starting point.

Swap Space:
At least double the minimum RAM requirements.

Supported Processors

Processors Supported by Data Collector

Note: We are constantly adding new processors. Be sure you have the latest software - check for updates.

Intel® Core™ processors
  • 45nm Intel® Core™2 Duo (Penryn)
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor
  • Intel® Core™ Duo processor
  • Intel® Core™ Solo processor
Intel® Pentium® processors
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supporting Hyperthreading Technology
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3)
  • Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor - M
  • Intel® Pentium® D processor
  • Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition
  • Intel® Pentium® M processor
Intel® Celeron® processors
  • Intel® Celeron® processor
  • Intel® Celeron® M processor
  • Intel® Celeron® D processor
Xeon® processors
  • Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series
  • Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 32xx series
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5100 series
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 30xx series
  • Intel® Xeon® processor MP
  • Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 7100 series
  • 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor
  • Intel® Xeon® processor
Itanium® 2 processors
  • Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 processor 9000 sequence
  • Intel® Itanium® 2 processor
  • Low Voltage Intel® Itanium® 2 processor
Note: Systems with the following processors can be a host for collecting data remotely on a system with a supported processor or viewing data previously collected on a supported processor:
  • IA-32 architecture-based processor - Intel® Pentium® 4 performance level or better
  • Intel® 64 architecture-based processor or equivalent
  • Intel® Itanium® 2 processor
  • Comparable AMD* processor
Supported Linux Distributions (Host and Target)

Operating System

Kernel Version

IA-32 architecture

Intel® 64
architecture

IA-64 architecture

Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 3 Update 9

2.4.21-50.EL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5

2.6.9-55.EL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

2.6.18-8.el5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Red Hat Fedora* Core 5, 6, and Fedora 7

2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

Yes

Yes

-

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server* (SLES) 9.0 (through Service Pack 3)

2.6.5-7.244

Yes

Yes

Yes

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0 (through Service Pack 1)

2.6.16.21-0.8

Yes

Yes

Yes

SuSE Linux 10

2.6.13-15

Yes

Yes

-

Ubuntu* 7.04

2.6.20-15-generic

Yes

Yes

-

Debian* 4

2.6.18-4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asianux Server 3

2.6.9-11.19AX

Yes

Yes

Yes

Turbo Linux 10

2.6.9-5.13

Yes

Yes

Yes


Notes:

The Eclipse-based VTune analyzer graphical interface is not supported on Debian* 4 running on Intel® 64 architecture-based processors. However, the command line interface is supported. Refer to the Release Notes for more information.

If you are not using a default kernel on the supported distributions listed in the table above, use the included driver kit to compile drivers for your kernel.

The kernel versions are supported for Linux-based systems for both uniprocessor systems (UP) and multiprocessor systems (SMP), unless otherwise noted.

Software Requirements

Host Software Requirements for Graphical User Interface Integrated with Eclipse*

Type

Requirements

Eclipse*† Development Environment

Eclipse 3.2.1

Supported Java* Development Kit (JDK)

BEA JRockit* 5.0


VTune™ Analyzer Has Been Tested for Profiling Under the Following JDKs*

System Type

Profiling Supported JDKs*

IA-32 architecture

BEA JRockit* 1.4.2, 5.0 and 6
Sun J2SE* 5.0 and 6
IBM JDK 1.4.2 and 5.0

Intel® 64 architecture

BEA JRockit 5.0 and 6
Sun J2SE 5.0 and 6

Itanium® architecture

BEA JRockit 1.4.2 and 5.0
IBM JDK 1.42

Java Tuning Support
VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Linux* supports tuning Java 1.5 and JVMTI.

Web Browser Requirements
A modern 4.0 HTML-compliant web browser is required for reading documentation.

Note: The information above is subject to change. While we make every effort to make sure this information is correct, the most current and accurate details are found in the release notes that ship with the product. Be sure you have the latest software - check for updates.

Due to the unique requirements for supporting large systems, if the software will be used on systems with more than 128 cores please contact us before purchase to make special arrangements.



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