Unzip the Tar File to Create the Session Delivery Manager Installation Directory

Get information about the software files that you need to do the Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager server installation. See the Session Delivery Manager Software Distribution Media section in the Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager Release Notes, Release 9.0 for more information.
Download the appropriate tar.gz (application image) file from the Oracle customer portal to a directory on the server where you want to install OCSDM.
Login to your server as the root user.
Navigate to the directory where you want to install OCSDM on the server.
```
cd /<directory>
```
Extract the tar.gz file.

Note:
Oracle Linux 6.x is not supported starting with the SMD 9.0.2.0.2 Release.
For example:
```
tar -xzvf NNC<version>OracleLinux65_64bit.tar.gz
```
or
```
tar -xzvf NNC<version>OracleLinux70_64bit.tar.gz
```
or
```
tar -xzvf NNC<version>OracleLinux80_64bit.tar.gz
```
The OCSDM (AcmePacket) software installation directory is created. For example:
```
cd /<sdm-install-directory>/AcmePacket/NNC<version>/bin
```
Before you begin your installation, ensure that you are certain what type of installation that you want to do (Typical, Custom, Easy, or Headless). Refer to the Select Installation Type for Session Delivery Manager section for more information.