Supported System Matrix

Supported System Matrix
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Supported System Matrix

The following table indicates what host computer platforms are supported for this release of SysInfo™. This list is subject to change.

Table 1.1. Supported Platforms

			Supported Classes
Operating System	Manufacturer	Platform	G e n e r a l	H a r d w a r e	F i l e S y s	S t o r a g e S y s	S t o r a g e V o l	P a r t i t i o n	S o f t w a r e	S y s C o n f	P r i n t e r	N e t I n f o	N e t I f	L i c e n s e	K e r n e l	C L I	G U I
AIX 4.3 - 5.3	IBM	pSeries (RS6000)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
FreeBSD 4.0 - 5.2		IA32 (x86)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
HP-UX 10.20 - 11.11	HP	PA-RISC (HP9000)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	HP-UX 11.11 is also known as 11i. HP-UX 11i v2 should work but is untested as of yet.
HP-UX 11i v2	HP	IA64 (Itanium-2)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	HP-UX 11.23 is also known as 11i v2.
IRIX 6.5	SGI	MIPS	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
Linux 2.2, 2.4, 2.6		IA32 (x86)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
	Supported distributions: Red Hat Linux 6.0 - 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - 3, Fedora Core 1 - 2, SuSe Linux 8.0 - 9.1, SuSe Linux Enterprise 9. Other distributions with Linux kernel 2.2, 2.4, or 2.6, and glibc 2.1 and later should also work.
Linux 2.4		AMD64/EM64T	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
	Supported distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, SuSe Linux Enterprise 9.
Linux 2.4		IA64 (Itanium)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
	Supported distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 on Itanium-2 based systems.
MacOS X 10.1 - 10.3	Apple	PowerMac (PowerPC)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
	GUI requires Apple's X11 for OS X software.
Solaris 2.6 - 9	Sun	SPARC (32/64-bit)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Solaris 7 - 9	Sun	IA32 (x86)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Platform Specific Notes

Table 1.2. Platform Specific Notes

AIX (IBM)	Support for querying SCSI devices has been added as of SysInfo version 4.2. However, devices in use - especially disks in use - will not contain the additional SCSI data because AIX (through at least version 4.3.3) does not provide a means of querying a SCSI device which is already in use.
HP-UX	If you are running HP-UX 11.00 you must install a current HP Quality Pack or else the SysInfo™ Agent will not work. To obtain a current QP from HP, please visit http://www.esca.hp.com/us/. When obtaining software class information on HP-UX, SysInfo™ may appear to be sluggish taking several minutes to gather information depending on the speed and hardware configuration of the system. It may also use lots of memory (20-70MB). These problems are due to the use of the HP-UX swlist command which is both slow in outputting information and copious in its output.
MacOS X	The SysInfo™ GUI requires that you have Apple's X11 User for OS X and X11 SDK for OS X installed prior to installing SysInfo. These packages are not part of MacOS X 10.1 - 10.2 and must be downloaded from Apple at http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx. SysInfo™ Printer class data is supported on MacOS X 10.2 or later. It is not supported on earlier releases.
Sun Solaris	Support for collecting License class data from Macrovision's FLEXlm works with Solaris 7 and later. Special care is required when building SysInfo™ from source on Solaris 7 and later. See the Solaris 7 and later compilation notes in the Installation documentation. VESA Extend Display Identification Data (EDID) for monitors appears to only be available from Creator Series 2 (FFB2) and later Creator frame buffers. No sign of EDID data on any other Sun framebuffer so far.
Linux	Support for hardware class information is provided for Linux systems which run the Linux 2.2 or later kernel. Only devices connected to the PCI bus will be recognized by SysInfo even if Linux recognizes the device. Devices connected to ISA, EISA, MicroChannel, or other legacy buses will not be identified by SysInfo. Kernel class data is not supported on Linux. RPM package version 4.2.3 or later is required for reliable Software class data. Older versions of the RPM package are prone to hanging which will result in little or no Software class data being reported.
FreeBSD	On FreeBSD 4.0 and later, devices on PCI buses are recognized. On releases prior to 4.0, both PCI and ISA bus devices are recognized. There is no EISA support.

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