Installing And Configuring Linux Access Gateway On Rhel; System Requirements; Hardware Requirements; Linux Access Gateway Network Requirements - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 Installation Manual

Installing and Configuring Linux
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Access Gateway on RHEL
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The Novell Access Manager Linux Access Gateway is a software appliance designed on the
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP3 kernel. In the standard installation procedure, Linux
Access Gateway re-images the hard drive, embeds the Linux operating system, then configures the
embedded operating system for optimal performance. However, when you have an existing RHEL
server on which you want to install the Novell Access Manager Linux Access Gateway, the
installation is performed against a free hard disk partition on the existing RHEL server.
The following sections describe the procedure to install Linux Access Gateway in the advanced
installation mode on RHEL 5.1. For detailed instructions, see
on Installing And Configuring," on page
Section 1.1, "System Requirements," on page 9
Section 1.2, "Installing and Configuring the Linux Access Gateway on RHEL," on page 10

1.1 System Requirements

This section explains the requirements for installing the Novell Access Manager Linux Access
Gateway:
Section 1.1.1, "Hardware Requirements," on page 9
Section 1.1.2, "Linux Access Gateway Network Requirements," on page 9

1.1.1 Hardware Requirements

3 GB memory
Hard disk with a free partition of 100 GB--other than the / (root) partition--either as
unformatted and unallocated free space or as an additional partition in the existing server.
3.0 GHz processor or better recommended, with 2.0 GHz as the minimum.

1.1.2 Linux Access Gateway Network Requirements

The Linux Appliance runs on SLES 9 SP3. The Linux Appliance has no software requirements.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have a static IP address for your Linux
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 MCP server, if you have one in your local environment.
Chapter 3, "Additional Information
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