Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Operating System Provisioning Guide

Hardware and OS Requirements for Systems to be Provisioned

This section identifies requirements for systems to be provisioned. Pay specific attention to which specific operating system versions are supported for provisioning on specific hardware systems.

RAM and Disk Space Requirements

Although specific disk space requirements depend on the operating system and distribution being provisioned, managed servers should have the following minimal amounts of RAM and disk space:

Disk space – 12 Gbytes minimum for all managed servers
RAM – 512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended

Supported Operating Systems for Provisioning

The following tables provide 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 an x86 Patch Server in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Troubleshooting Guide for detailed instructions on how to create a valid Solaris 9 OS on x86 platform distribution. These patches are necessary for the N1 System Manager to be able to provision Solaris OS 9 update 7 and below. This procedure is not required for Solaris OS 9 update 8 and above.

The following tables list hardware and operating system requirements for managed servers that the N1 System Manager can provision.

Table 1–1 SPARC-Based Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements


Hardware Name	Management Port Type	Supported Provisionable Operating Systems
Sun Netra 240 and 440	ALOM	Solaris 10 GA and later Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8
Sun Fire V210, V240, and V440	ALOM	Solaris 10 and Solaris 10 Update 1 Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8
Sun Fire T1000 and T2000	ALOM	Solaris 10 HW2 and later
Sun Fire V490 and V890	RSC	Solaris 9 Update 7 and Update 8 Solaris 10 and Solaris 10 Update 1

Table 1–2 x86–Based Provisionable Server Hardware and Operating System Requirements


Hardware Name	Management Port Type	Supported Provisionable Operating Systems
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 and 6, 32–bit and 64–bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Updates 1 and 2, 32–bit and 64–bit SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 and 9.3, 64–bit only Windows 2003SE/2003EE (64-bit) Windows 2003SE/2003EE SP1 (32-bit)
Sun Fire X4100 and X4200	ILOM	Solaris x86 Version 10 HW1 and later Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS Updates 5 and 6, 32–bit and 64–bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS, ES, and AS Updates 1 and 2, 64–bit only SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack (SP) 1, SP2, and SP3, 64–bit only Windows 2003SE/2003EE SP1 (32-bit) Windows 2003SE/2003EE (64-bit)
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 6 for 32–bit only Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 WS, ES, and AS, Updates 3 through 6, 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 and 2, 32–bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 32–bit and 64–bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1 and SP2, 32–bit and 64–bit SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 and 9.3, 32–bit and 64–bit SUSE Linux Professional 9.3, 32–bit and 64–bit Windows 2003SE/2003EE/2003WE (32-bit) Windows 2003SE/2003EE (64-bit) Windows 2000S/2000AS (32-bit)