Installation guide

Operating System Requirements
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• Change the upper range of ephemeral from the default value, which is 4999,
to 65534. To do this, at Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrectControlSet\services\Tcpip\Pa
rameters
, create a key MaxUserPort with value 65534.
Red Hat Linux 7.3 Operating System
If you plan to install Directory Server on a machine running the Linux 7.3
operating system (OS), follow the recommendations outlined in these sections:
• Verifying Disk Space Requirements
• Verifying Required System Modules
• Installing System Patches
• Tuning the System
• Installing Third-Party Utilities
In addition to these recommendations, be sure to check the OS vendor’s web
site for the latest information pertaining to your OS version:
http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/
Verifying Disk Space Requirements
Ensure that you have sufficient disk space before downloading the software.
Download drive: 120 MB
Installation drive: 2 GB
Verifying Required System Modules
Directory Server is certified to work on:
• The Intel Pentium series processors [i686]
• The default kernel/glibc revisions that comes along with Red Hat Linux 7.3
and the other kernel revisions with their corresponding glibc revisions as
mentioned below.
❍ Required Kernel:
Default kernel - kernel-2.4.18-3
Kernel used for certification - 2.4.18-27.7
❍ Required glibC: