Sun N1 System Manager 1.1 Administration Guide

Supported Operating Systems on Provisionable Servers

The following table provides the complete list of operating systems that can be installed and are supported on the provisionable servers with the N1 System Manager.


Note –

Solaris 9 OS on x86 platform distributions require the application of two updates from a separate patch server if your management server is running Linux. See To Patch a Solaris 9 OS Distribution by Using a Solaris 9 OS on x86 Patch Server for detailed instructions on how to create a valid Solaris 9 OS on x86 platform distribution.


Provisionable server hardware and operating software requirements for the N1 System Manager are listed in the following table.

Table 3–1 Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Server Type 

Provisionable OS 

Disk Space Requirements 

RAM Requirements 

SPARC

 

Sun Netra 240 and 440 

Solaris 10 

Solaris 9 7/05 

12 Gbytes minimum 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended 

 

Sun Fire V210, V240, and V440 

Solaris 10 

Solaris 9 7/05 

12 Gbytes minimum 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended 

x86

 

Sun Fire X4100 and X4200 

Solaris 10 HW1 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 Update 1, 64 bit only 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 Update 1, 64 bit only 

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

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1, 64 bit only 

12 Gbytes minimum 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended 

 

Sun Fire V20z and V40z 

Solaris 10 

Solaris 9 7/05 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0, 32 bit and 64 bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0, 32 bit and 64 bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0, Updates 1 through 5, 32 and 64 bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0, Updates 1 through 5, 32 and 64 bit 

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

12 Gbytes minimum 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended