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Understanding CSM software requirements

IBM Cluster Systems Management has requirements for non-IBM software as well as IBM-developed software. As a convenience, the required non-IBM software, that is not part of the Red Hat(R) distribution, is included on the CSM CD-ROM. Unless otherwise specified, the software is required on the management server and on the managed nodes.

CSM packages

The following packages comprise the IBM Cluster Systems Management for Linux product:

  1. csm.client 1.2 (required on the managed nodes only)
  2. csm.core 1.2
  3. csm.server 1.2 (required on the management server only)
  4. csm.dsh 1.2 (required on the management server only)
  5. csm.gui.dcem 1.2 (installed on the management server)
  6. rsct.core 2.2.1.10
  7. rsct.core.utils 2.2.1.10
  8. src 1.1.1.0

Required IBM non-CSM software

The following non-CSM IBM software is required, and is provided by IBM:

  1. IBMJava2-JRE 1.3.0

Required non-IBM software

The Red Hat Linux 7.1 or 7.2 distribution is required.

The Red Hat 7.1 distribution includes the following required non-IBM software:

  1. expect 5.31 (required on management server only)
  2. tcl 8.3.1 (required on management server only)
  3. tk 8.3.1 (required on management server only)
  4. XFree86-libs 4.0.3 (required on management server only)
  5. dhcp 2.0 (required on management server only)
  6. freetype 2.0.3
  7. glibc 2.2.2
  8. libstdc++ 2.96
  9. pdksh 5.2.14
  10. perl 5.6.0
  11. nfs-utils 0.3.1 (required on management server only)
  12. rdist 6.1.5

The Red Hat 7.2 distribution includes the following required non-IBM software:

  1. expect 5.32 (required on management server only)
  2. tcl 8.3.1 (required on management server only)
  3. tk 8.3.1 (required on management server only)
  4. XFree86-libs 4.1.0 (required on management server only)
  5. dhcp 2.0 (required on management server only)
  6. freetype 2.0.3
  7. glibc 2.2.4
  8. libstdc++ 2.9.6
  9. pdksh 5.2.14
  10. perl 5.6.0
  11. nfs-utils 0.3.1 (required on management server only)
  12. rdist 6.1.5

Required non-IBM software provided by IBM

IBM provides the following required software:

  1. atftp 0.3
  2. syslinux 1.53


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