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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
AIX5.1 - 6.1IBMpSeries (RS6000)
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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
HP-UX11.00 - 11.31 (11i v3)HPPA-RISC (HP9000)
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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)
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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.

Linux2.4, 2.6 IA32 (x86)
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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

Supported Distributions: Red Hat Linux 7.1 - 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 5, CentOS 3 - 5, Fedora 1 - 11, SuSe Linux 8.0 - 10.1, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 11, SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - 11

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

Linux2.4, 2.6 IA64 (Itanium)
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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

Supported Distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 - 5

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

Linux2.6 PowerPC
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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

Supported Hardware: IBM pSeries/POWER/POWERPC

Supported Distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 - 5 64-bit, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 10 - 11 64-bit

Linux2.4, 2.6 x64 AMD64/EM64T
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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

Supported Distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 - 5, Fedora 1 - 11, CentOS 3 - 5, SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 9 - 11, SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - 11

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

MacOS X10.3.9 - 10.5ApplePowerMac (PowerPC)
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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.

MacOS X10.4 - 10.6AppleIntel Mac (X86)
BIOS N
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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 10.6 requires version 9-H14 or later.

GUI requires Apple's X11 for OS X software.

Solaris2.6 - 10SunSPARC (32/64-bit)
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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.

Solaris7 - 10SunIA32 (x86)
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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.

Solaris10Sunx64 AMD64/EM64T
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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

32-bit: Windows 2000 Professional, Server 2000, XP Home, XP Professional, Vista (all editions), Server 2003 (all editions), Server 2008 (all editions)

64-bit: Windows XP Professional x64, Vista (all editions), Server 2003 x64 (all editions), Server 2008 x64 (all editions)

 32-bit: IA32/x86, 64-bit: x64 AMD64/EM64T
BIOS Y
FileSys Y
General Y
Hardware 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

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/.

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.

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

FreeBSD

  • FreeBSD 5.0 and 5.1 are not supported due to bugs in the OS provided stdarg wide string functions like vswprintf().

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.


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