One of the following:
For a 32-bit eDirectory installation:
32-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and its Support Packs
SLES 10 and its Support Packs
NOTE:You might get a warning message while installing eDirectory 88SP6 on SLES 10 SP3. Ignore this warning message. For more information, see TID 7005524
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 AP and its Support Packs
RHEL 6.0 and its Support Packs
RHEL virtualization (5.0 and 6.0)
XEN (on SLES 10 and SLES 11 and their Support Packs)
VMWare ESX
64-bit
SLES 11 and its Support Packs
SLES 10 and its Support Packs
RHEL 5 AP and its Support Packs
RHEL 6.0 and its Support Packs
RHEL virtualization (5.0 and 6.0)
VMWare ESX
XEN (on SLES 10 and SLES 11 and their Support Packs)
NOTE:eDirectory 8.8 SP6 is supported on SLES 10 XEN virtualization service that runs the SLES 10 guest OS. The following updates are available at https://update.novell.com.
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-X86_64-10-0-20061011-020434
SLES10-Updates
For registering and updating SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, refer to Registering SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 with the Novell Customer Center. After installating the latest update, ensure that the minimum patch level of the installed update is 3.0.2_09763-0.8.
To determine the version of SUSE Linux you are running, see the /etc/SuSE-release file.
Ensure that the latest glibc patches are applied from Red Hat Errata on Red Hat systems. The minimum required version of the glibc library is version 2.1.
For a 64-bit eDirectory installation:
SLES 11 64-bit and its Support Packs
SLES 10 64-bit and its Support Packs
RHEL 5 AP and its Support Packs
RHEL 6.0 and its Support Packs
VMWare ESX
RHEL virtualization (5.0 and 6.0)
XEN (on SLES 10 and SLES 11 and their Support Packs)
A minimum of 512 MB RAM for eDirectory
162 MB of disk space for the eDirectory server
30 MB of disk space for the eDirectory administration utilities
150 MB of disk space for every 50,000 users
Ensure that gettext is installed
NOTE:By default, gettext is not installed; ensure you install it before you run nds-install, or you will get messages about it being missing. On SLES, gettext is available in install CDs.
Ensure that net-snmp-32-bit RPM is installed on 64-bit SLES or OES Linux. The RPM is available in the SLES 10 64bit install CD.
If you use ZLM for patch management, apply the hotpatch ZLM6.6.2 HP4 before upgrading to eDirectory 8.8 SP6. On servers such as Vanilla SLES10 or SLES10 SP1, libredcarpet should be upgraded to the latest patch level using Yast Online Update.