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Section 2.1, "Supported Software," on page 17
Section 2.2, "Hardware Recommendations," on page 21
2.1 Supported Software
For best performance and reliability, Novell
the approved software listed in this section. This software is quality assured and certified. For the
latest information on the minimum requirements, see the
www.novell.com/documentation/sentinel61).
Section 2.1.1, "Patch Levels," on page 17
Section 2.1.2, "Database Supported Platforms," on page 18
Section 2.1.3, "Sentinel Component Supported Platforms," on page 19
Section 2.1.4, "Platform Support Exceptions and Cautions," on page 20
2.1.1 Patch Levels
The following table lists the specific patch levels that were used to perform Sentinel testing. For
convenience in this document, these platforms are referred to by the short name in the left column.
In situations in which the bit length does not matter in this document, the bit length might be
truncated from the short name.
Patch Level Information
Table 2-1
Short Name
SLES 11 (64-bit)
SLES 10 (32-bit)
SLES 10 (64-bit)
RHEL 4 (32-bit)
RHEL 4 (64-bit)
Solaris* 10 (64-bit)
Microsoft* Windows* 2003 (32-bit) Windows 2003 SP2, Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
Windows 2003 (64-bit)
Windows 2008 (64-bit)
SLED 10 (32-bit)
Windows XP (32-bit)
Windows Vista* (32-bit)
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recommends installing all Sentinel
Sentinel Documentation site (http://
Full Name and Patch Level
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SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (32-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (64-bit)
Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 4 Nahant Update-4 (32-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Nahant Update-4 (64-bit)
Sun* Solaris 10 6/06 s10s_u2wos_09a (64-bit SPARC*)
Windows 2003 SP1, Standard or Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
Windows 2008 SP1, Standard Edition (64-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 (32-bit)
Windows XP SP2 (32-bit)
Windows Vista SP1 (32-bit)
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