Hardware and software requirements

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The IBM® Security Directory Suite virtual appliance has specific hardware and software requirements.

Virtual hypervisors
  • VMware ESXi, Version 5.5 or later
  • Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), Version 0.10.0 or higher on RHEL 6 or RHEL 7, and Version 16.04.5 TLS on Ubuntu
  • XenServer, Version 6.5
Hardware requirements
  • CPU: 2.2 GHz, 4 cores (64-bit)
  • Minimum 4 GB system memory
  • Disk space: Minimum 40GB free hard disk space (20GB is used for active partition and 20GB for backup partition)
  • Network interface cards: 3
Note: Adjust the CPU, memory, and disk space according to your data load requirements.
Software Requirements

IBM Security Directory Suite comes with all the required software in its ISO image.

The following browsers are supported for the graphical user interface of the virtual appliance console:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 9 or later
  • Mozilla FireFox, Version 17.0 or later

Detailed System Requirements

You can use the Software Product Compatibility Reports to view the following detailed information about IBM Security Directory Suite:

  • Operating systems
  • Prerequisites
  • Hypervisors
  • Translations
  • Detailed system requirements
  • Hardware requirements
  • End of service

For more information, see Customizing system requirements search.