3.0 Installing the Access Manager Appliance

Installation time: 45 to 90 minutes, depending upon the hardware.

What you need to know

  • Root password of the Access Manager Appliance.

  • Username and password of the Administration Console administrator.

  • Static IP address for the Access Manager Appliance.

  • DNS name (host and domain name) for the Access Gateway that resolves to the IP address.

  • Subnet mask that corresponds to the IP address for the Access Gateway.

  • IP address of your network’s default gateway.

  • IP addresses of the DNS servers on your network.

  • IP address or DNS name of an NTP server.

  • The tree for the configuration store is named after the server on which you install the Access Manager Appliance. Check the hostname and rename the machine if the name is not appropriate for a configuration tree name.

The Access Manager Appliance can be installed on all supported hardware platforms for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 64-bit SP1.