Installation guide

System Requirements 17
1.2.2 Linux Managed Device Requirements
ZENworks 11 can manage any Linux workstation and server that meets the following requirements:
Table 1-3 Linux Managed Device Requirements
Supported
Hypervisors
ZENworks managed device software
can be installed in the following
hypervisors:
 VMware Workstation 6.5
 XEN (Novell SLES 10, SLES 11
and Citrix XenServer 5.x)
 VMware ESX(4.1 update1)
 Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Windows 2008 R2
 Only released versions of guest
operating systems (VMs) are
supported. Experimental guest
operating systems are not
supported.
 The guest operating system must
match the operating system
specified when creating the VM. For
example, if the guest operating
system is specified as Windows
Vista during creation of the VM, the
actual guest operating system must
be Windows Vista.
Item Requirements Additional Details
Operating System: Servers
 SLES 10 SP2 / SP3 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD
Opteron processors)
 OES 2 SP2 / SP3 x86, x86_64
 SLES 11 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD Opteron
processors)
 SLES 11 SP1 x86, x86_64 (Intel and AMD
Opteron processors)
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x86, x86_64
Operating System: Workstations
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 x86, x86_64
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED 10)
x86, x86_64
 SLED 11 SP1 x86, x86_64
Hardware
 Processor: Minimum - Pentium IV 2.8 GHz 32-
bit (x86) and 64-bit (x86_64), or equivalent AMD
or Intel processor
 RAM: 512 MB minimum; GB recommended
 Disk Space: MB minimum for installing; 4 GB
recommended for running. Depending on the
amount of content you need to distribute, this
number can vary greatly.
 Display resolution: 1024 × 768 with 256 colors
minimum