5.1 Supported Operating Systems and Platforms

NetIQ Corporation supports the Sentinel server, Collector Manager, and Correlation Engine on the following operating systems and platforms:

Category

Requirement

Operating System

Sentinel is supported on the following operating systems:

Non-FIPS mode:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP3 64-bit *

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (RHEL) 6.4 64-bit

FIPS mode:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP3 64-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (RHEL) 6.3 64-bit

* Sentinel is not supported on the Open Enterprise Server installs of SLES.

For information about new functionality and known issues in the supported SLES 11 Service Pack, see the SUSE Release Notes.

Virtual Platform

NetIQ provides appliances that install a SLES 11 SP3 64-bit server and Sentinel on the following virtual platforms:

  • VMWare ESX 4.0 and 5.0

  • Xen 4.0

DVD ISO

NetIQ provides a DVD ISO file that installs SLES 11 SP3 64-bit and Sentinel on:

  • Hyper-V Server 2012

  • Hardware without an operating system installed

IMPORTANT:For the ISO appliance to work properly, you must disable the EFI BIOS and use the Legacy BIOS.

File System

Traditional Installations:

  • On SLES systems: Sentinel supports ext3 and XFS file systems.

  • On RHEL systems: Sentinel supports ext4 and XFS file systems.

Appliance Installations:

Sentinel uses the ext3 file system.

For more information on file systems, see Overview of File Systems in Linux in the SLES 11 Storage Administration Guide.