ansa_v13.2_setup_guide.pdf

Table of Contents

Section 1

Pre-installation considerations.........................................................................................................1

1.1. Intended audience and scope...............................................................................................1

1.2. Pre-installation considerations.............................................................................................1

1.3. Brief reference to beta_lm_tools and beta_lm license daemon installation........................2

1.4. A note on ANSA_SRV environment variable.....................................................................2

Section 2

Minimum Hardware Requirements.................................................................................................3

2.1. Minimum system requirements for ANSA v13.1.x.............................................................3

2.2. Minimum system requirements for ANSA v13.2.x or later................................................3

Section 3

ANSA Linux Installation.................................................................................................................4

3.1. Preparation...........................................................................................................................4

3.2. What to download................................................................................................................4

3.2.1. Verification of the download using Message Digest 5 (MD5) hash function..............6

3.3. How to install.......................................................................................................................7

3.4. Launching ANSA................................................................................................................8

3.4.1. The ANSA_SRV environment variable.......................................................................8

3.4.2. Additional ANSA environment variables.....................................................................9

Section 4

ANSA Windows Installation.........................................................................................................10

4.1. Preparation.........................................................................................................................10

4.2. What to download..............................................................................................................10

4.2.1. Verification of the download using Message Digest 5 (MD5) hash function............12

4.3. How to install.....................................................................................................................12

4.4. Launching ANSA..............................................................................................................15

4.4.1. The ANSA_SRV environment variable.....................................................................15

4.4.2. Additional ANSA environment variables...................................................................16

4.4.3. Sharing the same ANSA Windows installation among many users...........................17

4.5. Overcoming Windows memory restrictions......................................................................18

4.5.1. Desktop memory limitation........................................................................................18

4.5.2. MS-Windows 32-bit versions memory limitation......................................................18

Section 5

ANSA command line options........................................................................................................19

5.1. ANSA command line options............................................................................................19

Section 6

ANSA run-time settings.................................................................................................................21

6.1. The .BETA folder..............................................................................................................21

6.1.1. The ANSA.xml file.....................................................................................................21

6.1.2. The ANSA.defaults file..............................................................................................22

6.1.3. The ANSA_TRANSL file..........................................................................................23

Section 7

Interaction of ANSA with other Software.....................................................................................24

7.1. Interaction with TOSCA Structure....................................................................................24

A N SA v.13.x

Set Up Guide

Section 1

Pre-installation considerations

1.1. Intended audience and scope

This document is written for system administrators or people responsible for the installation and

maintenance of the latest commercially available version of ANSA, the Finite Element Pre-Processing

software of BETA CAE Systems S.A.

Installation of ANSA requires basic knowledge of WINDOWS and/or UNIX-flavour operating systems, as

well as familiarity with the basic operations of beta_lm_tools, the license management package of BETA

CAE Systems S.A.

The following topics are covered in this document:

• A brief reference to beta_lm_tools

• Minimum hardware requirements

• Installation on Unix-flavored systems

• Installation on Windows systems

• ANSA command line options

• ANSA run-time settings

1.2. Pre-installation considerations

Prior to installing ANSA on a client the following items should be considered:

• Contact BETA CAE Systems S.A. ( www.beta-cae.gr ) to request access to the secure www server in

order to download the latest license management package and the latest version of ANSA.

A. On the

• Select a machine that will be used as license server : It should be a designated machine that resides in

the same network as the ANSA client and onto which a recent version of beta_lm_tools must be installed.

The corresponding license daemon, called beta_lm, will handle the initial contact and communication with

the ANSA client through a TCP/IP network protocol.

• Obtain a valid license file : This is a file that contains all information necessary for the uninterrupted use

of ANSA. This file, usually called license.dat , is copied on the license server and is read by the license

daemon.

• Install the license daemon using the license file

B. On the

server

side:

• Properly configure the TCP/IP services: ANSA uses the TCP/IP network protocol to communicate with

the license server. Note that even if the license server is the same machine as the client, TCP/IP is still

used.

In order to verify that your TCP/IP connection is working, open a command prompt and type:

ping <hostname>

where <hostname> is the name of the license server. If you receive a reply from the license

server, then the connection is working.

client

side:

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1.3. Brief reference to beta_lm_tools and beta_lm license daemon installation

This paragraph is intended for users familiar with license management software. Such users can quickly

browse through the following steps in order to download and install beta_lm_tools. For detailed

information on the functionality and features of beta_lm_tools the users are referred to the related

documentation.

1.Decide on the machine that will be used a license server. If a server redundancy scheme is to be used,

decide on its type and on the machines that will be used as license servers.

2.Log on to BETA CAE Systems S.A. Secure web-server and download beta_lm_tools for each machine

and platform that will be used a license server.

3.On each of these servers, unpack beta_lm tools and obtain their hostname and unique host key issuing

the commands:

hostname

and

beta_lm -host_key

The unique host key consists of the machine's physical ethernet card MAC address and a string of forty

(40) characters, like:

MAC = 00:0f:b0:43:34:9a

BETA LM Host Key = 200a025ec00b5f5e0f1b2e1b3d5e020bd04e5144

4.Provide the above information (hostname, MAC address, host key) of each server to BETA CAE

Systems S.A. in order to generate the corresponding license file (license.dat).

5.Place a copy of the license.dat file on each server and install beta_lm license daemon using the

commands:

Unix-flavored systems:

beta_lm -f [full_path_to]license.dat -L <log file>

Windows systems:

beta_lm -install -f [full_path_to]license.dat -L <log file>

NOTES for Windows servers only:

A. You have the option to obtain the unique key based on a USB-network interface or

on the Wireless interface, using the -ni flag:

beta_lm -host_key -ni [USB | WiFi]

If a USB- or a WiFi- network interface were used to obtain the host key, then this

specific interface must be declared during the installation:

beta_lm -install -ni [USB | WiFi] -f [full_path_to]license.dat

-L <log file>

B. Start the “BETA LM Service” through Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Services

6.Verify that beta_lm is up and running on each server using the command:

beta_lm_stat -h <server_name>

The outcome of the above command will display the features available within the license.dat file. Note

that in a hardware failover redundant server scheme, only the server that is currently the master will

respond.

1.4. A note on ANSA_SRV environment variable

When the user calls ANSA to launch, ANSA will search through the network for available licenses. To do

so ANSA must first contact the license server. The location of the license server is given to ANSA through

an environment variable called ANSA_SRV . The definition of ANSA_SRV for Unix-flavor and for Windows

platforms is discussed in paragraphs 3.4.1 and 4.4.1 respectively.

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Section 2

Minimum Hardware Requirements

2.1. Minimum system requirements for ANSA v13.1.x

The following table presents the minimum hardware requirements for ANSA_v13.1.x for various 32-bit

and 64-bit platforms and OS:

UNIX / MacOS

32bit OS Version

64bit OS Version

HP-PARISC

HP-UX 11.0 or later

IBM RS-6000

AIX 5.2 or later

SUN SPARC

Solaris 10 or later

SUN x86

Solaris 10 or later

Apple Mac x86

Mac OS X 10.4

LINUX

glibc 2.3

glibc 2.3.3

WINDOWS

Windows2000 SP3, WindowsXP SP1,

Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7

WindowsXP Pro x64 SP1,

Windows Vista 64 SP1, Windows 7

2.2. Minimum system requirements for ANSA v13.2.x or later

The following table presents the minimum hardware requirements for ANSA_v13.2.x and later for various

32bit and 64-bit platforms and OS:

MacOS

32bit OS Version

64bit OS Version

Apple Mac x86

Mac OS X 10.4

LINUX

glibc 2.3

glibc 2.3.3

WINDOWS

WindowsXP SP1, Windows Vista SP1,

Windows 7

WindowsXP Pro x64 SP1,

Windows Vista 64 SP1, Windows 7

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