Memory Requirements; Disk Space Requirements - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION Supplementary Manual

• IBM eServer Series z9 (z9-BC) 2096

Memory Requirements

Different installation methods have different memory requirements during installation.
After installation is completed, the system administrator may reduce memory to the
desired size. SUSE recommends using:
512 MB
768 MB
1 GB

Disk Space Requirements

2 GB disk space is required for the installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Network Connection
A network connection is needed to communicate with your SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server system. This can be one or more of the following connections or network cards:
• OSA-2 (Token Ring and Ethernet, only available on z900)
• OSA Express Ethernet (including Fast and Gigabit Ethernet)
• OSA Express High-Speed Token Ring (only available on z800, z900, z890, and
z990)
• HiperSockets or Guest LAN
• 10 GBE, VSWITCH
The following interfaces are still included, but no longer supported:
• CTC (or virtual CTC)
2 Architecture-Specific Information
For installation from NFS, FTP, or SMB installation sources
or whenever VNC is used.
For installation under z/VM.
For installation under LPAR.