4.1 Coexistence

This section provides information regarding the compatibility and coexistence of Novell® Remote Manager for NetWare® with existing networks containing NetWare or Linux platforms.

4.1.1 Compatibility

The following table summarizes the compatibility of Novell Remote Manager for NetWare with various operating systems:

Table 4-1 Novell Remote Manager for NetWare Compatibility Matrix with Other Operating Systems

Monitoring Type

Operating System

Compatible Versions

Notes

Ping

Any

NA

Novell Remote Manager

NetWare

OES on NetWare or NetWare 6.5 SP3 or later

 

Novell Remote Manager

Linux

OES on SUSE® Linux

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1

Can get full health status.

Can get only an Up/Down status.

All management features are for the NetWare operating system only with the exception of the Group Monitoring Operations.

4.1.2 Coexistence Issues

The level of monitoring on servers not running NetWare 6 or 6.5 can only report an Up/Down health status.

This version of the utility can run only on NetWare 6.5 SP3 or later servers.