Salt

Salt System Requirements

Salt architecture:

• The Salt server is a virtual appliance that runs on a VMware virtual platform. For a more information on the virtual appliance concept, click here
• Salt is a client/server application
• When installing Salt, users import a small ABAP component into their SAP systems. This allows the Salt server to communicate with these systems
• Users access Salt apps through a web browser or through the SAP GUI

Server

Salt requires any VMware virtual platform that can play a .vmx or .ovf file. The Salt Installation Guide explains how to install and use the free VMware Player.

Your VMware host should have a CPU speed of at least 1 GHz, with 2 GHz or faster recommended. It should satisfy the following memory and disk space requirements.

Please note: One or more virtual machines may be required in order to run larger Enterprise instances and data volumes.

Subscription Type	No. of SAP Systems	Included Development Systems	VM Memory Required	VM Disk Usage Guide	VM Disk Size
Basic	5	2	1.0GB	5GB	35GB
Standard	10	4	1.0GB	10GB	35GB
Professional	20	8	1.5GB	20GB	35GB
Enterprise	40	16	3.0GB	35GB	35GB

Client:

• Salt can be used inside any of the following web browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 7 or later;
  • Firefox 3.6 or later;
  • Chrome; or
  • Safari.
• Salt can also be used inside SAP GUI for Windows (Internet Explorer 7 or later required)
• Salt also requires that Javascript and cookies are enabled in your web browser

Network

Your network should support a speed of at least 10 Mbps between the Salt server and your SAP systems.

SAP versions

4.6c to 711