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CHAPTER 4
System Requirements
Before installing Adaptive Server, ensure that your system is updated with the latest patches
and system requirements. Do not use a patch that is earlier than the version suggested for your
operating system. Use the patch recommended by the operating system vendor, even if it
supersedes the patch listed.
To list all currently installed patches and display the operating system version level, enter:
rpm -q -a
Linux Requirements
Adaptive Server 15.7 ESD #2 supports Pentium and higher chip sets.
Table 2. Operating system requirements for Linux
Hardware Operating system Preferred
RAM
x86_64 processor (AMD Opter-
on or Intel Xeon with EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5
(Tikanga)
• kernel-2.6.18-194.el5
• glibc-2.5-49
• compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
At least 1GB
x86_64 processor (Intel Xeon
with EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.0
(Santiago)
• kernel-2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64
• glibc-2.12-1.7.el6.x86_64
• compat-glibc-2.5-46.2.x86_64
1GB
x86_64 processor (AMD Opter-
on or Intel Xeon with EM64T)
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64);
version 11 patch level 0:
• kernel-2.6.27.19-5.1
• glibc-2.9-13.2
1GB
Linux required these additional files:
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