Novell Access Manager

System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements for Installation

This page lists general product system requirements for each component of Novell Access Manager (Administration Console, Identity Server, Access Gateway and SSL VPN and J2EE Agents). For more detailed information, please see the full product documentation.

Identity / Admin Server Requirements

Hardware Requirements

• 100 GB hard disk
• 3 GB RAM recommended with 2GB as the minimum
• 3.0 GHz processor or better recommended, with 2.0 GHz as the minimum

Software Requirements

Linux Support:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
  • configure for a static IP address
  • uninstall open LDAP (A default installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 installs and enables Open LDAP)
• gettext
• Python
• compat (libraries to address compatibility issues)

Microsoft Windows Server

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Access Gateway Requirements

The Access Gateway is a Linux based server. The Access Gateway should be installed onto a dedicated server as the installation process clears the hard drive and sets up a soft appliance environment.

Hardware Requirements

• 100 GB of disk space recommended, with 20 GB as the minimum
• 3 GB RAM recommended, with 2 GB as the minimum
• 3.0 GHz processor or better recommended, with 2.0 GHz as the minimum

The Access Gateway has no software requirements. The installation program for the Access Gateway re-images the hard drive, embeds the operating system, and then configures the embedded operating system for optimal performance. Before proceeding with the Access Gateway installation, make sure you have a static IP address for your Access Gateway server and an assigned DNS name (host name and domain name). You need to know the following about your network:

• The subnet mask that corresponds to the IP address of the Access Gateway
• The IP address of the default gateway
• The IP addresses of the DNS servers on your network. These DNS servers need to be configured to resolve the DNS name of the Access Gateway to the IP address that you assign to it.
• The IP address or DNS name of a NTP server, if you have one in your local environment

You will be prompted to enter this information during the install process.

SSL VPN Requirements

The SSL VPN server requires the following:

• 100 MB of disk space
• Two or more network interface cards
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 or later
• gettext
• Tomcat and Java installed and running

The SSL VPN client on Windows requires the following software:

• Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista
• Internet Explorer 6.0 SP2 or above
• Firefox 2.0 or higher, with JRE Version: 1.4.1 or later

The SSL VPN client on Linux requires the following software:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.0 or later or Red Hat* Linux
• OpenSSL 0.9.7 or higher
• Shells: bash and xterm
• Firefox 2.0 or later
• JRE 1.5.0_11 or later

The SSL VPN client on Macintosh requires the following software:

• Mac PPC – Mac OS 10.4
• Mac Intel – Mac OS 10.5
• OpenSSL 0.9.7
• bash shell
• Macintosh Safari browser
• Firefox v2 or later
• JRE 1.5.0_11 or later

J2EE Agent Requirements

Access Manager J2EE Agents are available as a Web download from Novell (/products). As other agents become available, they will be posted on the Web for download.

JBoss Agent Requirements:
The J2EE Agent for JBoss should be installed on a computer that has no existing Access Manager components. The computer must have the following packages installed:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, RedHat EL5 or Microsoft Windows 2003 with the latest support patches
• JBoss 4.2.3
• Java SDK 1.5

IBM WebSphere Agent Requirements

The J2EE Agent for WebSphere should be installed on a computer that has no existing Access Manager components. The computer must have the following packages installed:

• WebSphere 6.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, Microsoft Windows 2003 with the latest support patches or AIX 5.3
• Java SDK 1.5

BEA WebLogic Agent Requirements

The J2EE Agent for WebLogic should be installed on a computer that has no existing Access Manager components. The computer must have the following packages installed:

• BEA WebLogic 9 or 10
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or Microsoft Windows 2003 with the latest support patches
• Java SDK 1.5

Virtual Machine Support

VM Machines must have enough resources. You need to dedicate the minimum requirements that a physical machine would require for the Access Manager component. To have performance comparable to a physical machine, you need to increase the memory and CPU requirements. For the hard disk, RAM, and CPU requirements, see the requirements for the individual components (above).

• VMWare ESX v3.5 or later. Note:VMI kernels may have issues with Novell Access Manager that can be worked around using TID 7002224.
• Xen Virtualization – SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 or later