Linux OS Installation Requirements

Install the entire Linux distribution on the management server. For a list of qualified Linux operating systems, see Management Server Requirements.

When installing Linux on the management server:

• Ensure the partitions on all disks on the management server have been deleted before installing the Linux operating system.

• If you are installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 Update 1 or later, when prompted whether to enable SELinux, choose Disable. N1 System Manager does not support SELinux fully enabled.

• When prompted for the boot loader, choose Grub.

• When prompted for partitioning information:

  • If you are installing using the graphical installation mode, choose , choose Automatically Partition.

  • If you are installing using the text installation mode, choose , choose Autopartition.

  You are prompted to choose whether to remove all Linux partitions, remove all partitions, or keep all partitions. Choose Remove all partitions. The partitioning values are displayed.

  • Remove all partitions except boot, swap and / (root).

  • Ensure that the swap partition is two to three times total system RAM or 4 Gbytes, whichever is greater.

  • Assign all remaining free space to / (root).

• When prompted to provide the Ethernet port selections, assign the IP addresses, netmask, and gateway values according to your chosen reference architecture.

• When prompted for the firewall configuration, choose No firewall.

• When prompted for package installation:

  • If you are installing using the graphical installation mode, choose Customize the set of packages to install.

  • If you are installing using the text installation mode, choose Customize software selection.

• When prompted for the set of packages to install, choose Everything.