Complex Heterogeneous Data Center Environments

The N1 Service Provisioning System software is designed to fit into data center environments and complement the management, monitoring, and control systems already in place.

Recognizing the diversity of hardware and software found in most Internet data centers, the provisioning software has been designed with cross-platform support in mind. It uses standard communication protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, and TCP/IP) and standard file and presentation formats (HTML and XML), and it works with standard application architectures (J2EE^TM and .Net). It provides data centers with a standards-based system for managing all their applications, whether those applications are UNIX-based or Windows-based.

Supported Operating Systems

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

• Solaris 8, Solaris 9

• 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 software Remote Agent, Local Distributor, and CLI Client on systems that are running the following operating systems:

• Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8, Solaris 9

• 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

For more information about system requirements, see the N1 Service Provisioning System 4.1 Installation Guide.

Supported Web Browsers

The following table summarizes the Web browser requirements for the HTML user interface.

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

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

Supported Locales

The N1 Service Provisioning System software 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.