TDMS central/control system, should I have to install it in a solution manager? Is it a prerequisite?

Hello,

I have a doubt about the installation of the central/control system of TDMS, the documentation say that TDMS should be installed in a Netweaver 7.0 and it also say that the solution manager can be used for the central/control system, but I also have read in a lot of documents relating TDMS with solution manager, so I am a little confused with this prerequisite.

Is the Solution manager a prerequisite for the installation of the central/control system? If so, where can I find it in the documentation?

or

Can we use a simple Netweaver 7.0 ERP to be the central/control system? Without any solution manager?

Please, advice

Thanks in advance,

Walde Requena