IMG 1010 - Recommended Red Hat Linux Configuration and OS Settings
Partitioning
The tables below display the partitioning configured on the Dell Servers that can be purchased as an option when purchasing the IMG. There are three tables shown below. The first is for customers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 or 4.0. The second table is for customers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (Software 10.5.0 ER2 +). The third table is for customers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7.
Up to software version 10.5.3_ER2, GCEMS only supported the 32-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In software version 10.5.3_SP3, the GCEMS was tested and supports the 64-bit version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. In software version 10.5.3 SP19, the GCEMS only supports RHEL 5.9 Tikanga 32-bit, RHEL 6.7 Santiago 64-bit, CenOS 7.3 64-bit. See Items Required for Installation for the specific version that was tested.
Partition | Recommended Size Hard Drive = 80 GB |
|---|---|
/ | (remaining balance) |
boot | 1024 MB |
swap | 4096 MB |
usr | 10240 MB |
home | 12301 MB |
opt | 23234 MB |
var | 10240 MB |
Partition | Recommended Size Hard Drive = 160 GB |
|---|---|
/ | 200 MB |
boot | 2 GB |
swap | 4.2 GB |
usr | 28.8 GB |
home | 32 GB |
opt | 64 GB |
var | 28.8 GB |
Partition | Recommended Size Hard Drive = 320 GB |
|---|---|
/ | 400 MB |
boot | 4 GB |
swap | 8.4 GB |
usr | 57.6 GB |
home | 64 GB |
opt | 128 GB |
var | 57.6 GB |
Settings
Select default boot loader
Enter Network Configuration Parameters
Disable Linux Firewall
Select your Additional Language Support
Set the Time Zone selection
Set System Root Password (Super User is root)
Dialogic Defaults are: user: root password: excel2 (or Dial0gic)
Linux Packages
At the very least install the packages in the table below. It is recommended that when installing Linux that the choice to select all packages be chosen. This will install all Linux Packages and will use approximately 7 Gigabytes of Hard Drive space.
Desktops | X Windows SYSTEMS GNOME DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT KDE DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT |
Applications | EDITORS ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC GRAPHICAL INTERNET |
Servers | Server Configuration Tools Windows File Server FTP Server Network Servers (including freeradius) Legacy Network Server |
Development | Development Tools Legacy Software Development |
System | Administration Tools System Tools (including ethereal-gnome, and net-snmp-utils) |
Services
Required
The following Linux Services are required. Ensure that the corresponding boxes are checked for all run levels (3, 4, and 5). For help configuring services, see IMG 1010 - Selecting De-selecting Linux Services.
arptables if
atd
auth (installed at factory but not selected)
autofs
crond
dhcpd
dkms autoinstaller
gpm
irqbalance
keytable
mdmonitor
microcode-ctl
netfs
network
nfs
nfslock
ntpd
portmap
random
rawdevices
rhnsd
sgi-fam
sshd
syslog
vnc server (RealVNC installed at factory but not set to run)
vsftpd
xinetd
httpd (if Cacti is installed, checked for all run levels (3, 4, and 5))
snmpd (if Cacti is installed, checked for all run levels (3, 4, and 5))
mysqld (if Cacti is installed, checked for all run levels (3, 4, and 5))
Not Required
The following Linux Services are not required, and it is advisable not to run them. During Linux Configuration, uncheck the corresponding boxes if they are checked. Set for all run levels (3, 4, and 5).
apmd
audit
cups
hpoj
iptables
iptables6
irda
isdn
kudzu
PCMCIA
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