HP Insight Control for Linux 6.3 Support Matrix

Table 1 CMS requirements (continued)
RequirementComponent
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES):
• SLES 10 SP2
• SLES 10 SP3
• SLES 10 SP4
1
• SLES 11
• SLES 11 SP1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL):
• RHEL 4 Update 7 (AS/ES)
• RHEL 4 Update 8 (AS/ES)
• RHEL 5 Update 4 (Server)
• RHEL 5 Update 5 (Server)
• RHEL 5 Update 6
• RHEL 6
Linux OS
IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems listed in this table are supported on all
ProLiant G6 and G7 servers. See Chapter 4 (page 12) for exceptions to OS support
on G6 and G7 servers.
Insight Control for Linux can be installed in a Xen or KVM
2
virtual guest, running a
supported OS, with the exception of DOM0 on Xen.
Installing Insight Control for Linux on other virtualization operating systems supported
by the stack should work, but they were not tested.
Virtualization OS
• Postgres
• Oracle (see the HP Insight Software Support Matrix for specific versions).
HP SIM Database
1 Support for SLES 10 SP4 requires PSP 8.71.
2 Although the KVM virtualization operating system is not supported by HP Insight Control virtual machine management
virtual machine management, Insight Control for Linux supports the installation of KVM guests and hosts.
2.2 Upgrade path to this release
The CMS must run Insight Control for Linux version 2.11 or higher to upgrade to Insight Control
for Linux Version 6.3.
NOTE: In general, it is a good practice to upgrade HP SIM and Insight Control for Linux together,
and HP recommends doing so. It is possible that backward compatibility issues might occur if you
upgrade HP SIM without upgrading Insight Control for Linux as well.
Table 2 Installation script actions when HP SIM or Insight Control for Linux software is detected
CommentsScript actionDetected versionSoftware
HP SIM Version 6.3 is the current supported
version of HP SIM. If the script detects HP
SIM 6.3, it prompts you to reinitialize HP
SIM. Reinitialization, which clears the HP
SIM database, is only necessary if you want
to re-create the HP SIM configuration or if
the HP SIM installation process failed
previously.
Skips the HP SIM upgrade and
continues with the Insight Control
for Linux installation.
Version 6.3HP SIM
Upgrades HP SIM to Version 6.3
and continues with the Insight
Control for Linux installation.
Versions 5.3.1
through 6.2,
inclusive
Use the HP SIM documentation to manually
install or upgrade the CMS to HP SIM
Version 6.3.
Exits the upgrade processVersion 5.3 or
lower
Use the instructions in the HP Insight Control
for Linux Installation Guide to perform a full
installation of Insight Control for Linux
Version 6.3.
Installs HP SIM Version 6.3 and
Insight Control for Linux Version 6.3
No version of HP
SIM
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