Software and Tools

Table 1 Required software and tools lists the required software and tools.

**Table 1** Required software and tools
Item	Description	How to Obtain
Local computer	Runs a Windows OS which is Windows 7 or later.	-
WinSCP	Uploads key files to ECSs.	https://www.winscp.net
PuTTY and PuTTYgen	Used for logging in to an ECS and running commands.	https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
OBS Browser+	Used for uploading the SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA installation packages to the public ECS. You can run the wget command to download the uploaded files to the nodes where SAP S/4HANA is to be installed. For details, see Installing the SAP S/4HANA Software.	Downloading OBS Browser+
VNC Viewer for Windows	Used for providing the GUI on the local computer for installing SAP S/4HANA	https://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer/
SAPCAR	Compression and decompression software used by SAP. The patch packages and small software downloaded from the SAP website in .car or .sar format can be decompressed using SAPCAR.	Log in to the SAP official website to download the installation media: https://support.sap.com/en/my-support/software-downloads.html
SAP GUI 7.4	SAP system application client SAP GUI 7.4 or higher version is recommended.
SWPM	Used for upgrading, migrating, and installing SAP systems The latest version released by SAP is recommended.
SAP S/4HANA installation package NOTE: Install the required SAP S/4HANA version based on version mapping.	The SAP S/4HANA installation package mainly includes Kernel, export, and HDB files. For details about the Kernel version, see SAP note: 1680045 and Product Availability Matrix (PAM) by visiting https://support.sap.com/pam.
sap-suse-cluster-connector	SUSE HAE software	Visit the SUSE official website https://www.suse.com/ to download and install it.