Novell eDirectory 8.8
System Requirements
NetWare
- You can upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 on the following version of NetWare:
- NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 3 or later
- Administrative rights to the eDirectory tree so that you can modify the schema.
- You can upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 SP1 on the following version of NetWare:
- NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 4 or later
Supported Versions for eDirectory 8.8 SP1
Hardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory. For more information, see the Hardware Requirements for NetWare in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation.
Windows
- One of the following:
- Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 or later, Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 3 or later
- Windows Server 2003
- An assigned IP address
- A Pentium 200 with a minimum of 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) and a monitor color palette set to a number higher than 16
- (Optional) One or more workstations running one of the following:
- Novell Client for Windows 95/98 version 3.4
- Novell Client for Windows NT/2000/XP version 4.9
- Administrative rights to the Windows server and to all portions of the eDirectory tree that contain domain-enabled User objects. For an installation into an existing tree, you need administrative rights to the Tree object so that you can extend the schema and create objects.
Supported Versions for eDirectory 8.8 SP1
- Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 or later, Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 or later
- Windows 2003 Server
- Windows 2003 Server with the latest Service Pack
- Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with the latest Service Pack
Hardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory. For more information, see the Hardware Requirements for Windows in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation
Linux
- One of the following:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.x or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.x
To determine the version of SUSE Linux Enterprise you are running, see the /etc/SuSE-release file. - Red Hat Advanced Server 3
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.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.x or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.x
- 128 MB RAM minimum
- 90 MB of disk space for the eDirectory server
- 25 MB of disk space for the eDirectory administration utilities
- 74 MB of disk space for every 50,000 users
- Ensure that gettext is installed
Supported Versions for eDirectory 8.8 SP1
- You can upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 SP1 on the following version of Linux:
- SLES 10 x86_64 and 32 bit, or SLES 9 x84_64
- OES Support Pack 2 or later
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.x
- eDirectory 8.8 SP1 is supported on SLES 10 XEN virtualization service running the SLES 10 guest OS
- To determine the version of SUSE Linux Enterprise you are running, see the /etc/SuSE-release file.
- OES Support Pack 2 32 bit and x86_64 bit
- Red Hat Advanced Server 3
- 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.
- Red Hat Advanced Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Server 4 x86_64 bit
Hardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory. For more information, see the Hardware Requirements for Linux in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation
Solaris
- One of the following:
- Solaris 10 on Sun SPARC
- Solaris 9 on Sun SPARC (with patch 108827-20 or later)
- All of the latest recommended sets of patches are available on the SunSolve webpage. If you do not update your system with the latest patches before installing eDirectory, you will get the patchadd error.
- 128 MB RAM minimum
- 120 MB of disk space for the eDirectory server
- 32 MB of disk space for the eDirectory administration utilities
- 74 MB of disk space for every 50,000 users
Supported Versions for eDirectory 8.8 SP1
- No additional platforms added.
Hardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory. For more information, see the Hardware Requirements for Solaris in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation
AIX
- AIX 5L Version 5.2
- All recommended AIX OS patches, available at the IBM Tech Support Web site
- 128 MB RAM minimum
- 190 MB of disk space for the eDirectory server
- 12 MB of disk space for the eDirectory administration utilities
- 74 MB of disk space for every 50,000 users
Supported Versions for eDirectory 8.8 SP1
- No additional platforms added.
Hardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory. For more information, see the Hardware Requirements for AIX in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation
HP-UX
eDirectory 8.8 FCS - no support
eDirectory 8.8 sp1 - Supports HP-UX 11.11. Please refer to the administration guide for eDirectory 8.8 (http://www.novell.com/documentation) for more details.
- HP-UX 11.11 operating system.
Ensure that the OS is updated with the patch PHSS_26560. You can download this patch from the HP IT Resource Center > maintenance and support for HP products.
Note: If you have installed the patch PHSS_28436, we recommend that you uninstall it and install patch PHSS_26560. - Ensure that the HP-UX 11.11 Quality Pack (GOLDQPK11.11) is installed. Download and install it from HP Support Plus Quality Pack Bundles.
- PA-RISC 2.0 Processor
- 256 MB RAM minimum
- 300 MB of hard disk space
- Ensure that gettext is installed. You can download it from the HP-UX Porting and Archive Center.
- Ensure that libiconv is installed. Download it from the HP-UX Porting and Archive Center.
Hardware requirements depend on the specific implementation of eDirectory. For more information, see the Hardware Requirements for HP-UX in the Novell eDirectory 8.8 documentation