Supported System Matrix

The following table indicates what host computer platforms are supported for this release of SysInfo™. This list is subject to change.

Table 2.1. Supported Platforms

Operating System NameOperating System VersionHardware ManufacturerHardware PlatformSupported Classes + Features
AIX5.2 - 7.1IBMPOWER (pSeries, RS6000)
Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest N
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

BIOS reporting requires SysInfo 10-H14 or later and AIX 6.1 and later.

HP-UX11.11 (11i v1) - 11.31 (11i v3)HPPA-RISC (HP9000)
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel Y
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest N
VmHost N
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

HP-UX 11.11 is 11i v1, HP-UX 11.23 is 11i v2, HP-UX 11.31 is 11i v3.

HP-UX11i v2 - v3HPIA64 (Itanium-2)
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel Y
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

HP-UX 11.23 is 11i v2, HP-UX 11.31 is 11i v3.

Linux
  • Fedora 1 and later

  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 - 7.x

  • Red Hat Linux 7.1 - 9

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 7.x

  • SuSe Linux 8.0 - 10.1

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 12

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - 12

  • Ubuntu 6 - 15

 IA32 (x86)
Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Linux distributions with the Linux 3.x kernel require SysInfo version 10-H17 or later.

Supported Distributions: Other distributions with Linux kernel 2.4 or 2.6 or 3.x, and glibc 2.1 and later should also work but are not supported.

Linux
  • Fedora 1 and later

  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 - 7.x

  • Red Hat Linux 7.1 - 9

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 8.x

  • SuSe Linux 8.0 - 10.1

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 12

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - 12

  • Ubuntu 6 - 15

 x64 AMD64/EM64T
Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Linux distributions with the Linux 3.x kernel require SysInfo version 10-H17 or later.

Supported Distributions: Other distributions with Linux kernel 2.4 or 2.6 or 3.x, and glibc 2.1 and later should also work but are not supported.

Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 - 5

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 11

 IA64 (Itanium)
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Linux distributions with the Linux 3.x kernel require SysInfo version 10-H17 or later.

Supported Distributions: Other distributions with Linux kernel 2.4 or 2.6 or 3.x, and glibc 2.1 and later should also work but are not supported.

Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - 6.x 64-bit

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 10 - 11 64-bit

 PowerPC
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Linux distributions with the Linux 3.x kernel require SysInfo version 10-H17 or later.

Supported Hardware: IBM pSeries/POWER/POWERPC

Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - 7.x 64-bit

  • SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 11 64-bit

 S390X (IBM zSeries)
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest N
VmHost N
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Linux distributions with the Linux 3.x kernel require SysInfo version 10-H17 or later.

Supported Hardware: IBM zSeries

Supported Distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - 8.x 64-bit, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 11 64-bit

MacOS X10.4 - 10.11AppleIntel Mac (X86)
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest N
VmHost N
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

MacOS X 10.8 Mountain Lion requires version 10-H27 and later.

GUI requires Apple's X11 for OS X software.

MacOS X10.3.9 - 10.5ApplePowerMac (PowerPC)
Account Y
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel N
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches N
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest N
VmHost N
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

GUI requires Apple's X11 for OS X software.

Solaris2.6 - 11OracleSPARC (32/64-bit)
Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel Y
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Service class supported in Solaris 10 and later.

Solaris8 - 11OracleIA32 (x86)
Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel Y
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Service class supported in Solaris 10 and later.

Bios class supported in Solaris 10 06/06 and later.

Solaris10 - 11Oraclex64 AMD64/EM64T
Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel Y
License Y
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys Y
StorVol Y
SysConf Y
VmGuest Y
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Bios class supported in Solaris 10 06/06 and later.

VMware ESXESX 3.0 - 3.5VMwarex86, x64See Linux x86 and x64
NOTES

SysInfo™ can be installed directly inside the VMware ESX operating system which is essentially a Linux OS. Use the SysInfo™ Linux X86 distribution for 32-bit/x86 systems running VMware ESX or the Linux X64 distribution for 64-bit/x64 systems running VMware ESX.

Windows Windows 2000 - Windows 10/Windows Server 2016  

32-bit: IA32/x86

64-bit: x64 AMD64/EM64T

Account Y
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware Y
Job Y
Kernel Y
License N
NetIf Y
Network Y
Partition Y
Patches Y
Printer Y
Process Y
Service Y
Software Y
StorSys N
StorVol N
SysConf Y
VmGuest N
VmHost Y
CLI Y
GUI Y
NOTES

Desktop 32-bit: Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP (Home, Professional), Windows Vista (all editions), Windows 7 (all editions), Windows 8 (all editions), Windows 8.1 (all editions), Windows 10 (all editions),

Server 32-bit: Server 2000, Server 2003 (all editions), Server 2008 (all editions), Server 2012 (all editions)

Desktop 64-bit: Windows XP Professional x64, Windows Vista (all editions), Windows 7 (all editions), Windows 8 (all editions), Windows 8.1 (all editions), Windows 10 (all editions),

Server 64-bit: Server 2003 x64 (all editions), Server 2008 x64 (all editions), Server 2012 x64 (all editions)

Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and later require SysInfo™ version 10-H34 and later.

Support for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 requires SysInfo™ version 10-H60 and later.

Platform Specific Notes

Table 2.2. Platform Specific Notes

HP-UX
  • If you are running HP-UX 11.00 you must install a current HP Quality Pack or else the SysInfo™ Agent will not work. To obtain a current QP from HP, please visit http://www.esca.hp.com/us/.

Linux s390
  • The data reported for class Hardware on s390 is very limited. This is due to the restricted access provided by Linux to applications regarding the system hardware. This is largely due to Linux running on s390 in a virtual machine. Only basic data on storage and network devices is provided.

MacOS X
  • The SysInfo™ GUI requires that you have Apple's X11 package (in older MacOS releases this is called X11 User for OS X) installed prior to installing SysInfo™. These packages are not part of MacOS X 10.1 - 10.2 and must be downloaded from Apple at http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx. On MacOS X 10.3 and later, this package is located on the MacOS X installation disc, but is usually not installed by default.

  • SysInfoPrinter class data is supported on MacOS X 10.2 or later. It is not supported on earlier releases.

VMware ESX
  • SysInfo™ can be installed directly on VMware ESX because it is a Linux based operating system. Install either the SysInfo™ Linux distribution for 32-bit/x86 or 64-bit/x64. To gain access to ESX to install SysInfo™, access the system console and login as user "root". Once logged in, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add the line PermitRootLogin yes. Then run /etc/init.d/sshd reload. You can then remotely log into the ESX server via ssh.

Windows
  • On Windows XP x64 SP1, SysInfo™ will not report much, if any data due to significant bugs in the Windows bundled DLLs. This problem is fixed by applying a current set of Microsoft Security Updates via Microsoft Update, Windows Update, or manually. The exact update which fixes these problems is not known.