Platforms and System Requirements

Hardware Intel / AMD
Architecture i386 and x86_64
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 supported hardware
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Hypervisor
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 as virtual guest, 5

Satellite Requirement: (embedded database)
Pentium IV processor, 2.4 Ghz, 512K cache
Pentium IV processor, 2.4 Ghz dual processor, 512K cache recommended

Disk space and storage:
3 GB storage for base installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
6 GB storage per channel in /var/satellite directory
12 GB storage for database repository in /rhnsat partition
Separate partition for storing backups

Memory: 2 GB (minimum), 4 GB (recommended)

Install Instructions

Step1:-

1. Download and burn the RHEL ISO images from RedHat site
2. ISO images are available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3WS, 3AS, 4WS, and 4AS for i368, x86_64 and Power PC. If you are doing an   
   on-campus NFS install you will only need to download and burn the first CD (NFS install is only available for the latest version of RHEL WS and AS).

Step2:-

 Boot the system from first CD.

Step3:-
 
At the first screen press <enter> for the graphical install.

 Step4:-

Press OK to test the media or SKIP to proceed.