After you have installed the Administration Console, the installation scripts for the other components (Identity Server, Access Gateway, SSL VPN, and J2EE Agents) auto-import their configurations into the Administration Console.
IMPORTANT:The Administration Console is the first component you install. If you have iManager installed for other products, you still need to install this version on a separate machine. You also cannot add other iManager product plug-ins to this Administration Console.
The Access Manager Administration Console has the same hardware requirements as the SLES 11 SP2 or SP3 operating system with one exception. Because the Administration Console is installed with an embedded version of eDirectory, which is used as the configuration store for Access Manager, the machine has the following software and hardware requirements:
Minimum 4 GB RAM.
Dual CPU or Core (3.0 GHz or comparable chip).
100 GB hard disk.
This amount is recommended to ensure ample space for logging in a production environment. This disk space must be local and not remote.
One of the following operating systems:
SLES 11 SP2 or SP3 with 64-bit operating system x86-64 hardware.
RHEL versions 6.4 or 6.5 64-bit.
Because of library update conflicts, you cannot install Access Manager on a Linux User Management (LUM) machine.
SLES: Make sure the following packages are installed:
perl-gettext, gettext-runtime: The required library and tools to create and maintain message catalogs.
python: The basic Python library.
compat: Libraries to address compatibility issues. For information on enabling this repository, see TID 7004701.
Use the following command to verify:
rpm -qa | grep <package name>
Use YaST to install the packages.
RHEL: Ensure that the following rpms or higher versions are installed:
glibc-2.12-1.25.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
libgcc-4.4.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
libstdc++-4.4.5-6.el6.i686.rpm
ncurses-libs-5.7-3.20090208.el6.i686.rpm
nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.9-3.el6.i686.rpm
Use the following command to install rpm:
rpm -ivh | <rpm name>
Use the following command to verify:
rpm -qa | grep <rpm name>
You must install RPMs for iManager before installing RPMs for the Administration Console.
For more information about the required iManager and Administration Console RPMs and how to install these, see Installing Packages and Dependent RPMs on RHEL for Access Manager.
Minimal SLES 11 SP2 or SP3 installation:
SLES 11 SP2 or SP3: On a minimal install of SLES 11 SP2 or SP3, make sure the following packages (with their dependent packages) are installed before installing the Administration Console: A graphical user interface library required for the installation of iManager
gtk2 (version 2.18.9 or later)
Use the following command to verify:
rpm -qa | grep gtk
OpenLDAP cannot be installed, and if it is installed, it must be removed.
Zip and unzip utilities must be available for the backup and restore procedure.
No LDAP software, such as eDirectory, can be installed.
Ports 389 and 636 need to be free.
No other version of iManager can be installed.
Static IP address (if the IP address changes after devices have been imported, these devices can no longer communicate with the Administration Console.)
The tree for the configuration store is named after the server on which you install the Administration Console. Check the hostname and rename the machine if the name is not appropriate for a configuration tree name.
The Administration Console can be installed on the same machine as the Identity Server. If you are planning to install an L4 switch on a SLES server by using the Linux Virtual Services software, you can also install the Administration Console on this machine.
For Administration Console installation instructions, see Installing the Access Manager Administration Console.
4 GB RAM.
Dual CPU or Core (3.0 GHz or comparable chip).
100 GB hard disk.
This amount is recommended to ensure ample space for logging in a production environment. This disk space must be local and not remote.
Windows 2008 Server R2, 64-bit operating system, in either Standard or Enterprise Edition, with the latest patches applied
Static IP address
No LDAP software, such as eDirectory, can be installed.
Ports 389 and 636 need to be free.
No other version of iManager can be installed.
Microsoft Internet Information Service cannot run on the same machine as the Administration Console without causing port conflicts.
No JRE is installed. If you have a version installed, uninstall it.
For the Administration Console installation instructions, see Installing the Access Manager Administration Console.
To access the Administration Console after it has been installed, you need a workstation with a browser. You can use one of the following:
Internet Explorer 8.x and later
Mozilla Firefox
IMPORTANT:Browser pop-ups must be enabled to use the Administration Console.
If you are using the latest Firefox version, use the latest version of Sun (Oracle) JRE.