1.3 System Requirements

To use the Novell Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning Module 4.0.2, you must have one of each of the required components listed in Table 1-1. Certified platforms have been fully tested. Supported platforms are expected to be functional, but have not been fully tested.

Table 1-1 System Requirements

Required System Component

System Requirements

Metadirectory

eDirectory 8.8.7 with Identity Manager 4.0.2

For the list of certified operating systems, see the Identity Manager and eDirectory documentation.

Application Server

The User Application runs on JBoss, WebSphere, and WebLogic.

The User Application with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1.2 (or JBoss Community Edition 5.1.0) requires JRE 1.6.0_31 from Sun (Oracle) and is certified on:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit only)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit only)

  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Open Enterprise Server 2 SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Open Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit only)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 and SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Linux 5.7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

The User Application on WebSphere 7.0 requires the IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, J2RE 1.6.0) and Fix Pack 7 or higher. The User Application with WebSphere 7.0 is certified on these platforms:

  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit only)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit only)

  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 and SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Linux 5.7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

The User Application on WebLogic 10.3.5 (11gR1) requires JRockit JVM 1.6.0_17 and is certified on these platforms.

  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit only)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit only)

  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 and SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Linux 5.7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Virtualization

The User Application supports virtualization on the following platforms as long as the guest operating system is one that is certified by the User Application:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization

  • Xen

  • VMWare ESX/ESXi

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtualization with Hyper-V

Browser

The User Application is certified with both Firefox and Internet Explorer, as described below.

FireFox 9 is certified on:

  • Windows XP with SP3

  • Windows 7

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

  • Novell OpenSUSE 11.2

  • Apple Mac

Internet Explorer 8 is certified on:

  • Windows XP with SP3

Internet Explorer 9 is certified on:

  • Windows 7

NOTE:For Internet Explorer browsers, the XML DOM (ActiveX control) from Microsoft Corporation is required for the Identity Manager Roles Based Provisioning Module 4.01 to work correctly. The version number of the XML DOM depends on the version of Internet Explorer being used.

Database Server

The following databases are certified with JBoss 5.1.2 Enterprise Application Platform (or JBoss Community Edition 5.1.0):

  • MS SQL 2008 and MS SQL 2008 R2

  • MySQL Version 5.1

  • Oracle 11gR2

  • PostgreSQL 8.4.3 and 9.0

The following databases are certified with WebSphere 7.0:

  • DB2 9.5b

  • MS SQL 2008

  • Oracle 11gR2

  • PostgreSQL 8.4.3 and 9.0

The following databases are certified with WebLogic 10.3.5:

  • MS SQL 2008 and MS SQL 2008 R2

  • Oracle 11gR2

  • PostgreSQL 8.4.3 and 9.0

Designer

Designer 4.0.2

OpenXDAS

OpenXDAS version 0.8.345

The following OpenXDAS versions are needed for SLES10:

  • openxdas-0.8.351-1.1.i586.rpm

  • openxdas-0.8.351-1.1.x86_64.rpm

Domain Services

OES 2 SP1 Domain Services for Windows

Password Management Challenge Response

NMAS Challenge Response Login Method Version: 2770 Build: 20080603 or higher is needed for Password Management Challenge Response functionality.