Step 1

Read the FOXMAN-UN R18 Release Note.

In particular check the section “HW and OS Requirements - Linux Platform”. Make sure you have the appropriate HW and OS available and tested before starting with the installation.

Step 2

Determine the component for NEM Software that you want to install on each workstation:

A. Core + UI (also determine required Add-ons)

B. Core only (also determine required Add-ons)

C. UI only

You may also consider the use of server redundancy by applying the Main/Standby feature, which requires a further FOXMAN-UN server installation. For details refer to [1KHW029097] User manual “FOXMAN‑UN Main/Standby Solution” and [1KHW029089] Application note “FOXMAN‑UN Main/Standby Solution”.

Step 3

Check the LINUX version of your machine via the command:

FOXMAN-UN was tested and is supported only under the Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions as detailed in the FOXMAN-UN R18 Release Note, section “Linux Operating System”.

Step 4

On the HW or VM determined for installation of FOXMAN-UN, run the script “systemid” provided with the FOXMAN-UN installation package to determine the workstation machine ID which is required for ordering the license key.

The installation package needs to be extracted to access the script. Depending on the folder you use for extraction, you might need to be root or have sudo permissions for extracting and/or executing “systemid”. The “systemid” script is stored in the extracted folder named “NEM”, e.g.,

If you are using or planning to use a second Ethernet interface, “systemid” must be run on the HW or VM determined for installation of FOXMAN-UN specifying the primary interface, e.g.,

For RHEL 9 the interface is named “ens3” or similar per default.

If you do not know the name of the Ethernet interface execute one of the commands “nmcli” or “ip address” to see the available interfaces.

Write down or save the workstation machine ID. Fill in a license key form for each workstation and obtain the license key(s) from Hitachi Energy. This form is supplied by Hitachi Energy sales upon ordering.

In the installed FOXMAN-UN the script will be available as

As a Linux user you must be member of the “nem” group to execute the script.

Step 5

Make sure that disk partitions of sufficient size for the installation of the FOXMAN-UN system have been created (see section Pre-installation Worksheet and FOXMAN‑UN R18 release note).

The default, mandatory FOXMAN-UN installation home directory is:

This directory will be created automatically during the installation process.

Step 6

Prepare a suitable Linux account for the FOXMAN-UN NEM security administrator. Observe the common rules on creation and safekeeping of the password.

The NEM security administrator username must be entered during the installation process. This user will be granted two roles during the installation, the NEM Linux administrator and the RBAC default administrator.