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System Requirements

This chapter describes the requirements for installing Oracle Internet Directory on Windows NT. It also discusses restrictions associated with this release. Before starting the installation, verify that your system meets the requirements described in this chapter.

This chapter contains these topics:

• Supported Operating Systems

• System Requirements for Oracle Internet Directory, FAT, and NTFS

Supported Operating Systems

Oracle8i server and client software operates on a personal computer (PC) running one of the Microsoft operating systems identified in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1  Microsoft Operating Systems That Support Oracle8i

Operating System	Oracle Internet Directory Server Software	Oracle Internet Directory Client Software
Windows NT 4.0, including:
Windows NT Workstation 4.0	Yes	Yes
Windows NT Server 4.0	Yes	Yes
Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0	Yes	Yes
Windows 2000, including:	Yes	Yes
Windows 2000 Professional	Yes	Yes
Windows 2000 Server	Yes	Yes
Windows 2000 Advanced Server	Yes	Yes
Windows 2000 Datacenter	Yes	Yes
Windows 95	No	Yes
Windows 98	No	Yes

See Also: Oracle8i Release Notes for Windows NT for information on Oracle8i support for Windows Terminal Server

System Requirements for Oracle Internet Directory, FAT, and NTFS

Table 1-2 lists system requirements for Oracle Internet Directory and the file systems File Allocation Table (FAT) and NT File System (NTFS). The values required were obtained from installations on 2 GB partitions for a FAT file system with a default block size of 32K and an NTFS file system with a default block size of 2K. Because of the difference in space allocation on both file systems, the hard disk requirements vary.

Important: Review the FAT and NTFS system requirements listed in this section to determine if you have enough hard disk space for installation. These values are more accurate than the hard disk values reported by the Oracle Universal Installer Installation Types window and Summary window. These windows do not include: Accurate FAT disk space values The space required to create a database The size of compressed files that are expanded on the hard drive

Table 1-2  System Requirements for Oracle Internet Directory Version 2.1.1

Component	Requirement
Operating System	Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack	Certified with 5.0 or 6.0a
Minimal Processor	Pentium 166
Processor	Pentium II 300
UNIX Emulation Utility	Cygwin 1.0. Visit: http://sourceware. cygnus.com/cygwin/ or MKS Toolkit 5.1 or 6.0. Visit: http://www.datafocus.com/products/
RAM	96MB
FAT file system: Oracle home drive System drive NTFS file system: Oracle home drive System Drive	1.30 GB 34 MB 1.21 GB with database; 300 MB without database 34 MB

Note: Oracle8i database release 8.1.7 is only compatible with Oracle Internet Directory release 2.1.1 (both on the component CD-ROM). Oracle Internet Directory releases prior to 2.1.1 are not compatible with release 8.1.7. You must upgrade a 2.0.6 release of Oracle Internet Directory to release 2.1.1 in order to work with Oracle8i database release 8.1.7. See "Upgrading Oracle Internet Directory" on page 3-7.