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Contents
About This Guide ix
1 Planning for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 1
1.1 Considerations for Deployment of a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server . . . . . 2
1.2 Deployment of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part I Architecture Specific Installation Considerations 5
2 Installation on x86, AMD64, Intel 64, and Itanium 7
2.1 Required Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 System Requirements for Operating Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 Boot and Installation Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.5 Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.6 Controlling the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.7 Dealing with Boot and Installation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Installation on IBM POWER 21
3.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Installation on IBM System z 39
4.1 General Information and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.2 Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3 Network Connection Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63