Installation guide

5 System Requirements

Before installing SAP ASE version 16.0, 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

SAP ASE supports Pentium and higher chip sets.

Table 2: Operating System Requirements for Linux

Hardware Operating System Recommended

RAM

x86_64 processor (Intel Xeon with

EM64T)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.1 (San

tiago)

● 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 Opteron 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 requires these additional files:

Required Files Description

Required libraries for Linux

● openmotif-2.3.1-2.el5

● libXp-1.0.0-8.1.el5

● libXt-1.0.2-3.1.fc6

● libXtst-1.0.1-3.1

● libXi-1.6.1-1

● libXmu-1.0.2-5

● libXext-1.0.1-2.1

● libSM-1.0.1-3.1

● libICE-1.0.1-2.1

● libX11-1.0.3-9.el5

Required X/Motif-related RPM package manager files

● libXtst-devel

● libXi-devel

● openmotif-devel

● libXmu-devel

● libXt-devel

● libXext-devel

Installation Guide for Linux

System Requirements