Appendix A. System requirements reference
This section provides information and guidelines for hardware, installation target, system, memory, and RAID when installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
A.1. Supported installation targets
An installation target is a storage device that stores Red Hat Enterprise Linux and boots the system. Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports the following installation targets for AMD64, Intel 64, and 64-bit ARM systems:
- Storage connected by a standard internal interface, such as SCSI, SATA, or SAS
- BIOS/firmware RAID devices
- NVDIMM devices in sector mode on the Intel64 and AMD64 architectures, supported by the nd_pmem driver.
- Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters and multipath devices. Some can require vendor-provided drivers.
- Xen block devices on Intel processors in Xen virtual machines.
- VirtIO block devices on Intel processors in KVM virtual machines.
Red Hat does not support installation to USB drives or SD memory cards. For information about support for third-party virtualization technologies, see the Red Hat Hardware Compatibility List.
A.2. Disk and memory requirements
If several operating systems are installed, it is important that you verify that the allocated disk space is separate from the disk space required by Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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For AMD64, Intel 64, and 64-bit ARM, at least two partitions (
/andswap) must be dedicated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. -
For IBM Power Systems servers, at least three partitions (
/,swap, and aPRePboot partition) must be dedicated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
You must have a minimum of 10 GiB of available disk space. To install Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must have a minimum of 10 GiB of space in either unpartitioned disk space or in partitions that can be deleted.
Table A.1. Minimum RAM requirements
| Installation type | Recommended minimum RAM |
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| Local media installation (USB, DVD) |
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| NFS network installation |
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| HTTP, HTTPS or FTP network installation |
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It is possible to complete the installation with less memory than the recommended minimum requirements. The exact requirements depend on your environment and installation path. It is recommended that you test various configurations to determine the minimum required RAM for your environment. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux using a Kickstart file has the same recommended minimum RAM requirements as a standard installation. However, additional RAM may be required if your Kickstart file includes commands that require additional memory, or write data to the RAM disk. See the Performing an advanced RHEL 9 installation document for more information.
A.3. Graphics display resolution requirements
Your system must have the following minimum resolution to ensure a smooth and error-free installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Table A.2. Display resolution
| Product version | Resolution |
|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Minimum: 800 x 600 Recommended: 1026 x 768 |
A.4. UEFI Secure Boot and Beta release requirements
If you plan to install a Beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, on systems having UEFI Secure Boot enabled, then first disable the UEFI Secure Boot option and then begin the installation.
UEFI Secure Boot requires that the operating system kernel is signed with a recognized private key, which the system’s firware verifies using the corresponding public key. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta releases, the kernel is signed with a Red Hat Beta-specific public key, which the system fails to recognize by default. As a result, the system fails to even boot the installation media.
