Novell Sentinel 6
Tech Specs
System Requirements 6.1
Operating Systems
Sentinel components (including the database) are certified to run on the following operating systems. Novell recommends that you check with the respective vendors for security updates and patches.
The Sentinel services (Sentinel Database, Communication Server, Correlation Engine, Data Access Server, Advisor Data Service, and Collector Manager) are supported on the following platforms:
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32- or 64-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64-bit)
- Sun* Solaris* 10 (64-bit SPARC*)
- Windows 2008
- Windows 2003, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
The Sentinel user applications (Sentinel Control Center, Solution Designer, and Sentinel Data Manager) are also supported on the following additional platforms:
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
- Windows XP (32-bit)
- Windows Vista (32-bit)
Collector Builder is only supported on the following platforms:
- Windows XP (32-bit)
- Windows Vista (32-bit)
Databases
Sentinel is certified to run with the following databases:
- Oracle* 10g Enterprise Edition with partitioning (v 10.2.0.3 with Oracle critical patch #5881721) (32- or 64-bit)
- Microsoft* SQL Server* 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008
NOTE: All databases should be installed on an operating system that is certified by the database vendor and also by Novell for use with Sentinel components. Oracle must run on Linux* or Solaris (not Windows).
Report Server
The supported reporting server is Crystal Reports Server XI R2. It requires a web server and a Central Management Server (CMS) database for operation, in addition to the Sentinel database. The Crystal Reports Server can be run on any of the following platforms in the Sentinel environment:
- Windows 2003 SP1 Server, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Crystal CMS database on Microsoft SQL 2005
- Web server on Microsoft IIS with .NET
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit)
- Crystal CMS database on MySQL
- Web server on Apache Tomcat
Novell has tested publishing and running reports from the Sentinel interface using the following versions of Crystal:
- On Linux: Crystal Reports Server XI R2 SP2
- On Windows: Crystal Reports Server XI R2 SP3
System Requirements 6.0
Supported Systems
For best performance and reliability, Novell strongly recommends that customers install all Sentinel components on approved software, as listed below, that have been fully quality assured and certified. For the most up-to-date information, see documentation at the Novell Documentation site.
Operating Systems
Sentinel components (including the database) are certified to run on the following operating systems. Novell recommends that you check with the respective vendors for security updates and patches.- SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32- or 64-bit)
- Red Hat* Enterprise* Linux 3 Update 5 ES (32-bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (64-bit)
- Sun* Solaris* 9 (64-bit SPARC*)
- Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit SPARC)
- Windows 2003, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Windows XP (32-bit) (for Sentinel Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager only)
- Windows 2000, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit) (for Sentinel Control Center, Collector Builder, and Sentinel Data Manager only)
Databases
Sentinel is certified to run with the following databases:- Oracle* 10g Enterprise Edition (v 10.2.0.3 with Oracle critical patch #5881721) (32- or 64-bit)
- Oracle 9i Enterprise Edition (v 9.2.0.7 p. 5490841) (64-bit)
- Microsoft* SQL Server* 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 (v.9.00.2047), Standard or Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
NOTE: All databases should be installed on an operating system that is certified by the database vendor and also by Novell for use with Sentinel components. Oracle must run on Linux* or Solaris (not Windows).
Report Server
The supported reporting server is Crystal Enterprise Server XI R2, which can be run on any of the following platforms in the Sentinel environment:- Windows 2003 SP1 Server, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
- Crystal database on Microsoft SQL 2005
- Web server on Microsoft IIS with .NET
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit)
- Crystal database on MySQL
- Web server on Apache Tomcat
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP2 (32-bit)
- Crystal database on MySQL
- Web server on Apache Tomcat
See the vendor documentation for additional detail about system requirements, supported version numbers, and known issues for these platforms.
Supported Stacks
Please see the Sentinel 6 Installation Guide for additional information about which stacks are supported (and which have known issues).