Sun N1 System Manager 1.2 Site Preparation Guide

Provisionable Server Requirements

N1 System Manager provisionable server hardware and operating software requirements are listed in the following tables.

Table 2–3 SPARC-Based Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type 

Management Port Type 

Provisionable OS 

Disk Space Requirements 

RAM Requirements 

Sun Netra 240 and 440 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 GA and later 

Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8 

12 Gbytes minimum for all provisionable servers 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1-Gbyte recommended for all provisionable servers 

Sun Fire V210, V240, and V440 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 GA and later 

Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8 

Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 

ALOM 

Solaris 10 HW2 and later 

Table 2–4 X86–Based Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Type 

Management Port Type 

Provisionable OS 

Disk Space Requirements 

RAM Requirements 

Sun Fire X2100 with the 8081A IPMI 1.5 Remote Management Card: Part Number: 371-0743 

SP 

Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS update 1, 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.2, 64–bit only 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.3, 64–bit only 

12 Gbytes minimum for all  

512 Mbytes minimum, 1-Gbyte recommended 

Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 

ILOM 

Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS Update 5, 32–bit and 64–bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS update 1, 64–bit only 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1, 64–bit only 

Sun Fire V20z and V40z 

SP 

Solaris x86 Version 10 and later 

Solaris x86 Version 9 update 7 and update 8 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 1 through 5 for 32–bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 3 through 5, 64-bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS, 64-bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS update 1, 32–bit and 64-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1, 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 , 32–bit and 64–bit 

SUSE Linux Professional 9.3, 32–bit and 64–bit