General System Requirements

This section lists requirements for installing and using the N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1:

• Supported Operating Systems

• Supported Web Browsers

• Required Operating System Patches

• Requirements for SSH

• Requirement for Jython

• Requirements for Locales

Supported Operating Systems

You can install the N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Master Server on systems that are running the following operating systems:

• Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 systems

• Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

You can install the N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Remote Agent, Local Distributor, and CLI Client on systems that are running the following operating systems:

• Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, or Solaris 9 systems

• Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1

• IBM AIX 4.3.3, 5.1, 5.2

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Supported Web Browsers

The following table lists the web browser requirements for the N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Web Interface.

Table 2–1 Web Browser Requirements for the HTML User Interface

Platform	Browser
Solaris	Netscape Navigator 6.2.2, Netscape Navigator 7.0
Red Hat	Netscape Navigator 6, Netscape Navigator 7.1
Windows	Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6, Netscape Navigator 6, Netscape Navigator 7.1

Required Operating System Patches

The following table lists the required patches for each supported operating system.

Table 2–2 Required Patches for Supported Operating Systems

OS Version	Required Patches
Solaris 2.6	105633-56  107733-09  105568-23  105210-38  108091-03  106842-09  106841-01  105181-33  105591-09  106125-11  112542–01
Solaris 7	106980-16   106541-16  107544-03   106950-13  106327-08  106300-09
Solaris 8	None
Solaris 9	None
IBM AIX 4.3.3.0	AIX 4330-09 maintenance level (APAR IY22024)
IBM AIX 5.1.0.0	AIX 5100-01 maintenance level (APAR IY21957)   APAR IY19375
Red Hat Linux 7.2, 7.3, or 8.0	None
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1	None
Windows 200 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server	Service Pack 3

Requirements for SSH

If you want to use SSH for secure connections on Solaris OS, Red Hat Linux, or IBM AIX systems, you must have SSH protocol version 2 installed on each machine that you want to use SSH.

Requirement for Jython

If you want to use Jython with the CLI Client, install Jython version 2.0 or higher. For more information about Jython, see .

Requirements for Locales

The N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 has been internationalized to install and run in localized environments. You will need to adhere to the following requirements if you want to run the software in a localized environment.

• All applications must be run in the same locale or in locales that are equivalent. The Remote Agent, Local Distributors, and CLI Client must run in the same locale as the Master Server.

• The software accepts only ASCII characters for file names, directory names, and other input.