Make sure that the hardware requirements are met. For more information, see Section 2.1, Hardware Requirements.

Obtain your license key from the Novell Customer Care Center, to install the licensed version.

Obtain your registration code from the Novell Customer Care Center to register for software updates.

Synchronize time by using the Network Time Protocol (NTP).

(Conditional) If you are planning to use VMware, make sure that you have the VMware Converter to simultaneously upload the image to the VMware ESX server and convert it to a format that can run on the ESX server.