SLES 7 for IA-32

A reliable basis is the launchpad for successful business. For this reason, SuSE has developed SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, which was optimized for the special requirements of business-oriented server operation.

This exceptionally stable platform is especially suitable for e-mail, Internet and application services, ERP systems, and the implementation of file and print services in heterogeneous networks (UNIX, Windows 9x/NT/2000, Novell Netware, MacOS).

Due to the high-performance support of various hardware architectures and the extremely high failsafety, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 is the ideal medium for consolidating complex server structures - from department and Internet/intranet servers to application servers for mission-critical applications.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 for IA-32 boasts some of the following features

• Real multi-user, multi-tasking operating system
• Easy graphical installation, automatic hardware detection
• Open SSL
• ISDN, ADSL, and T-DSL support
• More than 400 application packages for server and business applications

The graphical administration and installation tool YaST2 allows

• Graphical installation with automatic hardware detection
• Partitioning (by hand or automatically)
• LVM configuration
• Examination of boot and log files
• Server administration (including user administration and many further server services)
• Multilingual use
• Online help

Additional features

• Symmetrical multi-processing (SMP)
• Hardware RAID support
• Journaling file system
• Large file support
• Systems management
• Monitoring and surveillance
• Enhanced RAW I/O support
• Highspeed networking
• Enhanced local support
• Central configuration file
• Optimized SuSE kernel for use in servers
• SuSE auto-installer Alice for network installations
• Logical volume manager
• Rich development environment C, C++, Perl, Java, Fortran
• Update via SuSE YOU (YaST Online Update)
  Ready for SuSE Linux Patch CDs
• Certified for mySAP.com
  http://www.sap.com/linux/
• Validated for Oracle 8i and 9i

Technical Specifications

• Kernel 2.4.7
• 64 GB main memory support
• Journaling file system (ReiserFS)
• Raw-device and RAID support
• LFS (Large File System) support
• glibc 2.2.2
• XFree86 4.0.3
• SaX2
• Software RAID support for RAID 0 to 5
• Open SSL
• ALICE auto-installer (remote network installation)
• Kerberos 5
• Samba 2.2 (server + client)
• Apache 1.3.19 (web server)
• sendmail, postfix
• LVM (Logical Volume Manager)
• LDAP
• gcc 2.95.3
• PAM user authentication
• Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon support

Last modified  05/17/2003