This section provides information about the system requirements that must be met before Sun Update Connection – Enterprise is installed.
The following requirements are covered in this section:
Table 2–1, System Requirements for System Dependency Server
Table 2–2, System Requirements for Console
Table 2–3, System Requirements for Agents
The latest requirements can also be found at http://www.sun.com/service/sunupdate/enterprise/specs.html.
Table 2–1 System Requirements for System Dependency ServerTable 2–2 System Requirements for Console
Table 2–3 System Requirements for Agents
The following tables show the Linux and Solaris distributions that are supported by each application and listed by hardware platform.
The following requirements are covered in this section:
Table 2–4, Supported Channels for the 32-bit x86
Table 2–5, Supported Channels for 32-bit S/390 Systems
Table 2–6,Supported Channels for 64-bit S/390 Systems
Table 2–7, Supported Channels for AMD64
Table 2–8, Supported Channels for 64-bit on POWER
Table 2–9, Supported Channels for the 64-bit x86 (Itanium)
Table 2–10, Supported UNIX Versions on SPARC
Table 2–11, Supported Microsoft Windows Versions
The bare-metal installation (BMI) server automates Linux distributions and operating system installation on a bare-metal system. For more information, see Sun Update Connection - Enterprise Bare Metal Installation Guide.
Distributions that support an application are marked with a plus sign (+), while distributions that do not support an application are marked with a minus sign (–).
A channel is a combination of distributions and architecture.
For example, a channel would be one of the following:
A Solaris 10 distribution on the SPARC architecture
A Solaris 10 distribution on the x86 architecture
A Linux - RHEL WS 3.0 distribution on the AMD64 architecture
The latest list can also be found at http://www.sun.com/service/sunupdate/enterprise/knowledge.html.
Table 2–4 Supported Channels for the 32-bit x86
Operating System or Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat |
7.2, 7.3, 8.0, or 9.0 |
Not Recommended |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
Fedora Core |
2 |
Not Recommended |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server |
2.1 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
3.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
4.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server |
2.1 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
3.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
4.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Server |
2.1 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
3.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
4.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
|
SUSE Professional |
9.0 or 9.1 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
9.2 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
8 or 9 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
Novell Linux Desktop |
9 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
Novell SLSS |
8 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Solaris Operating System |
10 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Table 2–5 Supported Channels for 32-bit S/390 Systems
Table 2–6 Supported Channels for 64-bit S/390 Systems
Operating System /Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server |
3.0 or 4.0 |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
8 or 9 |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Table 2–7 Supported Channels for AMD64
Operating System /Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server |
3.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
4.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Server |
3.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
+ |
4.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server |
4.0 |
+ |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
SUSE Professional |
9.0 |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
+ |
9.1 |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
8 or 9 |
+ |
+ |
– |
– |
+ |
Table 2–8 Supported Channels for 64-bit on POWER
Operating System /Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server |
3.0 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
9 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
+ |
Table 2–9 Supported Channels for the 64-bit x86 (Itanium)
Operating System /Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Server |
3.0 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
Table 2–10 Supported UNIX Versions on SPARC
Operating System /Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solaris Operating Environment |
8 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
+ |
9 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
– |
|
10 |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
+ |
Table 2–11 Supported Microsoft Windows Versions
Operating System /Channel |
Operating System Version |
System Dependency Server |
Agent |
Console |
BMI Server |
BMI Provision |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows |
2000 |
– |
– |
+ |
– |
– |
XP |
– |
– |
+ |
– |
– |