5.1 Supported Platforms for ZENworks 7 Server Management

Novell® ZENworks® 7 Server Management software components are supported on the following server platforms with minimum support/service packs:

Table 5-1 Supported Platforms for ZENworks 7 Server Management

Supported Server Platforms for Installing the Software

Policy and Distribution Services

Server Inventory Agent

Server Inventory Database and Server

Remote Management

Management and Monitoring Services

NetWare 5.1 SP5, SP6, SP7, or SP8

Yes

Yes 1

Yes

Yes

Yes 2

NetWare 6 SP4 or SP5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 2

NetWare 6.5 SP1.1, SP2, SP3, SP4, SP5, SP6, SP7, or SP8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux 3

Yes

No

Yes

Yes 4

Yes 5

Solaris 9

Yes

No

No

No

No

Windows 2000 Server SP4 or Windows 2000 TS

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 5

Windows Server 2003 ES, AS, and TS, including SP2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 5

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) SP1 or SP2

Yes

Yes 6

Yes 6 , 9

Yes 6

Yes 7

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP1 X86

Yes

No

Yes 9

No

Yes 5

Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 2 SP1 X86-64

Yes

No

Yes 9

No

Yes 5

Citrix* Presentation Server 8

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 5

1 Only for the Inventory Agent.

2 For more detail, see Section 5.4.2, NetWare Server Requirements.

3 Includes:

4 SSH can be used for controlling Linux devices.

5 Only for the Server Management Agent and the Advanced Trending Agent.

6 Only the OES NetWare kernel.

7 For managed servers only. For site servers, only the NetWare version of OES.

8 For managed servers and the Inventory Agent only.

9 Yes for Inventory database and No for Inventory Server.

Server requirements are organized by platform under the following headings: