Operating System Requirements

This section covers operating systems, patches and service packs required to support Directory Server Enterprise Edition component products.

Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, and Directory Server Resource Kit Operating System Requirements

Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, and Directory Server Resource Kit share the same operating system requirements. The Directory Server Enterprise Edition software has been validated with full installations of the operating systems listed here, not with reduced “base”, “End User”, or “core” installations. Certain operating systems require additional service packs or patches as shown in the following table. For more information, go to My Oracle Support.

Supported OS Versions for Directory Server, Directory Proxy Server, and Directory Server Resource Kit	Additional Required Software and Comments
Solaris 10 Operating System for SPARC, Intel x64, and AMD x64 architectures	Patches: (SPARC) 118833, 119689, 119963, 122032, and 119254 or substitute patches, in addition to 127127. (x86/x64) 118855, 119964, 121208, 122033, 119255 or substitute patches, in addition to 127128
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server AS and ES 3.0 Update 4 for x86 and AMD x64	Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. No additional software is required. On 64–bit Red Hat systems, Directory Server runs in 32–bit mode but Directory Proxy Server runs in 64–bit mode.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server AS and ES 4.0 Update 2 for x86 and AMD x64	Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. The following compatibility libraries are recommended: `compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm` `compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm` The following compatibility library is required: `compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.rpm` Even when running Red Hat on a 64-bit system, 32-bit system libraries are installed. These compatibility libraries are available from Red Hat media or https://www.redhat.com/rhn/rhndetails/update/. On 64–bit Red Hat systems, Directory Server runs in 32–bit mode but Directory Proxy Server runs in 64–bit mode.
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 and AMD x64	Service Pack 1 Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. On 64–bit SuSE systems, Directory Server runs in 32–bit mode but Directory Proxy Server runs in 64–bit mode.
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 and AMD x64	Service Pack 4 Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. On 64–bit SuSE systems, Directory Server runs in 32–bit mode but Directory Proxy Server runs in 64–bit mode.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	Service Pack 4 Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Microsoft ended support for Windows 2000 in July, 2010.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	Service Pack 4 Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Microsoft ended support for Windows 2000 in July, 2010.
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition	Service Pack 2 Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition	Service Pack 2 Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Note - Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.2 cannot be executed on Windows Microsoft 2008
Hewlett Packard HP-UX 11iV2	(11.23) PA-RISC 64–bit Supported only for the zip distribution of Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

For all supported versions of Microsoft Windows, Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server run only in 32–bit mode, and the filesystem type must be NTFS.

To download the patch cluster for your Solaris OS and Java ES versions, go to My Oracle Support.

Note that installations on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server require you to reset several Java environment variables. See Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Installation Guide for more details.

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	Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition Bundle Patch 6.3.1.1.2 Release Notes