2.3. Software Requirements

The Red Hat Storage Console Management Server is supported on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 64-bit version and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 64-bit version. Ensure complete and successful installation of the operating system before starting the installing the Red Hat Storage Console.

Use a client with a supported web browser to access the Administration Portal. The portal support the following clients and browsers:

Directory services are a collection of software, hardware, and processes that store information about an enterprise, subscribers, or both and provide this information to users. Each directory service contains at least one instance of Directory Server and at least one directory client program. Client programs access names, phone numbers, addresses, and other data stored in the directory service.

The Red Hat Storage platform has a default admin user configured. Use the domain management tool (rhsc-manage-domains) to authenticate additional users by attaching directory service domains.

Red Hat Storage requires specific ports to remain accessible.

While specific configuration instructions for additional network infrastructure which may exist between these systems will not be covered it is intended that the information provided will assist with this task.

Use the rhsc-setup script to automatically set up the firewall rules required by Red Hat Storage Console. If a firewall configuration is previously implemented, skip this step and manually integrate the new and existing configurations.

The provided firewall information is for a default configuration. If alternative ports are used during installation, adjust the firewall rules to allow access to the customized port.

Red Hat Storage Console requires a directory server to support user authentication. A number of ports need to be opened in the directory server's firewall to support the GSS-API authentication as used by the Red Hat Storage Console.

Red Hat Storage Console supports the use of a remote database server. If you plan to use a remote database server with Red Hat Storage Console, ensure that the remote database server allows connections from the Console

Table 2.3. Database Server Firewall Requirements

Port	Protocol	Source	Destination	Purpose
5432	TCP, UDP	Red Hat Storage Console	PostgreSQL database server	Default port for PostgreSQL database connections.

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Red Hat Storage servers require that a number of ports be opened to allow network traffic through the system's firewall.

For more information on the ports that you need to open, see chapter Planning Red Hat Storage Installation in the Red Hat Storage Installation Guide.

When the rhsc package is installed, a number of user accounts are created. The default user identifier (UID) for each account and the default group identifier (GID) for each entry are: