Chapter 5. Hardware Requirements of the SME Server V5 with ServiceLink Host Computer

5.4. Hardware Requirements for a Category 4 Server

Table 5-7. Definition of a Category 4 Server

# of Users

Up to 500

 

 

Usage

Heavy

 

 

Table 5-8. Hardware Requirements of a Category 4 Server

 

 

Architecture

PCI-based Pentium-class processor

 

 

Processor speed

700 MHz (or better)

 

 

Minimum RAM

256 MB

 

 

Hard drive

SCSI - at least 20 GB (2 large SCSI drives using RAID1 strongly recommended)

 

 

SCSI adapter

SCSI adapter must appear on the supported list

 

 

Ethernet adapters

The ethernet adapters installed on your server must appear on the supported list.

 

 

Modem (for dialup only)

Only modems that are Linux-compatible may be used. WinModems are not supported.

 

 

CD-ROM drive

ATAPI or SCSI

 

 

Floppy drive

any

 

 

Monitor

any

 

 

Graphics card

any

 

 

Mouse

none required

 

 

Sound card

none required

 

 

5.5. Supported Ethernet Adapters

Either one ethernet adapter (in the case of dialup connectivity or server-only mode) or two ethernet adapters (for dedicated connections in server and gateway mode) must be installed on your SME Server V5 with ServiceLink. This section describes which types of ethernet adapter can be used in the computer that will become your server. (There are no restrictions on the ethernet adapters in your other computers.)

Any adapters installed on the server must appear on the following supported list. Note that only PCI adapters are supported. The PCMCIA adapters used in many laptops and the older ISA adapters are not supported.

Note: Because SME Server V5 with ServiceLink is based on Red Hat Linux version 7.1, PCI ethernet adapters that can work with Red Hat 7.1 should also work with SME Server V5 with ServiceLink. You can find an up-to-date searchable database at Red Hat's web site at: http://hardware.redhat.com/redhatready/cgi-bin/us/db-hcl.cgi (Choose Network Device/Controller from the "Hardware Category" menu.)

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