Administration Workstation Requirements - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 07-20-2009 Installation Manual

Item Requirement
Hardware The following are minimum hardware requirements. Use these requirements or the
hardware requirements provided with your operating system, whichever is greater.
For example, NLD recommends Pentium III or higher, so use those requirements
rather than the ones listed below.
Dell PowerEdge Servers: Managed Dell PowerEdge servers must be a 6, 7, 8, or
9 generation server to use the ZENworks Linux Management Dell features (Dell
Configuration bundles, Dell Update Package bundles, and advanced reporting and
inventory support).
You can determine which generation your PowerEdge server is by examining the
third number from the right in the model number. If the number is 8, the server is an
8 generation server, and so forth.
For example,
Before you can use the features specific to Dell PowerEdge servers, you must
perform the procedure in
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TCP Ports The device must allow ZENworks Agent and ZENworks Server communication on
TCP port 443.
You must open port 2544 if you want to be able to perform the following actions:
You must open port 5950 if you want to use remote control operations. You must
open port 5951 if you want to use remote log-in operations.
Supported Virtual
Environments

2.4 Administration Workstation Requirements

Make sure the workstation (or server) where you run the ZENworks Control Center to administer
your system meets the requirements listed below:
Processor: Pentium II 266 MHZ, 64-bit AMD Opteron, or 64-bit Intel Xeon
EMT
RAM: 128 MB minimum; 256 MB recommended
Disk Space: 800 MB minimum
Display resolution: 800x600
Generation 6 PowerEdge servers: PowerEdge 650, PowerEdge 6600, etc.
Generation 7 PowerEdge servers: PowerEdge 750, PowerEdge 1750, etc.
Generation 8 PowerEdge servers: PowerEdge 800, PowerEdge 1850, etc.
Generation 9 PowerEdge servers: PowerEdge 2950, PowerEdge 1955, etc.
Section 7.4, "Enabling Dell PowerEdge Support," on
59.
Use the ZENworks Agent Status icon in the ZENworks Control Center
Refresh the client from the ZENworks Control Center or from the zlman
command line utility
VMware ESX running a supported managed device platform
XEN on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10) and SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop (SLED 10) managed devices
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