ServiceLink Manual

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.)