General Requirements
Before you begin installation, ensure that your environment meets these requirements:
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Current SUSE Customer Center organization credentials
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Access to installation media
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Environment meets the hardware and networking requirements
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You understand the supported client operating systems
This section contains more information on each of these requirements.
SUSE Manager 4.0 is based on SLES 15 SP1 as the host operating system. SUSE Manager comes with a dedicated support period. Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS) for 15 cannot be added to SUSE Manager. It is also not possible to use SLES for SAP as a base for SUSE Manager for a longer lifecycle. |
Obtaining your SUSE Customer Center Credentials
Create an account with SUSE Customer Center before installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Manager.
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Navigate to https://scc.suse.com/login in your Web browser.
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Log in to your SCC account, or follow the prompts to create a new account.
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If you have not yet done so, click Connect to an Organization and type or search for your organization.
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Click Manage my Organizations and select your organization from the list by clicking on the organization name.
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Click the Organization tab, and then select the Organization Credentials tab.
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Record your login information for use during SUSE Manager setup.
Depending on your organization’s setup, you might also need to activate your subscription, using the Activate Subscriptions menu.
Obtaining Installation Media
From SLES 15 SP1, SUSE Manager Server and Proxy is available as a base product, and can be installed with the SLES Unified Installer.
Therefore you do not require a separate registration code for SLES 15 SP1, only for Server or Proxy
Download SLES 15 SP1 or higher from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - Media Download
Supported Browsers for the SUSE Manager Web UI
In order to use the Web UI to manage your SUSE Manager environment, you will need to ensure you are running an up to date web browser.
SUSE Manager is supported on:
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Latest Firefox browser shipped with SLES
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Latest Chrome browser on all operating systems
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Latest Edge browser shipped with Windows
Windows Internet Explorer is not supported. The SUSE Manager Web UI will not render correctly under Windows Internet Explorer.