This document describes the minimum platform requirements for the FileNet P8 2.0.1x Business Process Manager (BPM), Content Manager (CM), and Web Content Manager (WCM) product release. It also defines the minimum supported levels of third-party software components. In general, you can install and run with more current patch releases, service packs or minor releases if they are forward-compatible. The information in this document takes precedence over any requirements stated elsewhere. Except as noted, the minimum hardware requirements for FileNet P8 components are met by the minimum hardware requirements for the operating systems and browsers.
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11/24/04 |
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3/23/04 |
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2/6/04 |
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1/16/04 |
Application Engine fully supports Tomcat. |
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12/11/03 |
Portal Integration with BEA WebLogic Portal Server 7 is now available. |
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12/5/03 |
Added support for BEA WebLogic 8.1.1. |
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11/25/03 |
Removed WCM server operating system support for IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2. |
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11/20/03 |
Updated Process Engine operating system support for IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2. |
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11/12/03 |
Updated WCM Server minimum hardware requirements. |
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10/6/03 |
Updated Browser and Other Software information for WCM application. |
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9/29/03 |
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8/15/03 |
Certified 2.0.1 release information. |
| Clients | Operating Systems | Browsers and Other Software |
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Any operating system (including Windows, Macintosh OS 10.2.2, and UNIX) on which you can run a supported browser as described in the next column. |
Workplace applets require downloading the Sun Java 2 plug-in 1.4.0. If the plug-in is not present on the user's machine when the user launches a Workplace applet, it is automatically downloaded. Section 508 - Accessibility: Workplace is qualified to use Home Page Reader from IBM to comply with Section 508 requirements.
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| Microsoft Office and Outlook Integration
NOTE Requires 6 MB of disk space. |
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FileNet Enterprise Manager |
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WebDAV Clients NOTE WebDAV Provider must be installed with the Content Engine software. In addition, Microsoft IIS must be installed and configured. |
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The following browsers are supported for use with WebDAV:
The following applications are supported for use with WebDAV:
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| Clients for Optional Components | Operating systems | Browsers and Other Software |
| eForms for P8 Workplace | Any operating system (including Windows, Macintosh OS 10.2.2, and Unix) on which you can run a supported browser as described in the next column. |
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| eForms Designer |
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Internet Explorer 5.0.1 SP2 and higher (for viewing Help files). |
| WCM application |
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The following browsers are supported for use with WCM:
If the Sun Java 2 plug-in 1.4.0 or later is not present on the user's machine when the user launches the embedded ePhox Editor, it is installed. It might require the user to be logged in as administrator or power user. Section 508 - Accessibility: WCM is qualified to use JAWS to comply with Section 508 requirements. |
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Capture Client NOTE Requires 130 MB of disk space. |
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Scanning with Kofax, Pixel, and TWAIN. See the Capture Installation Guide for details. |
| Process Analyzer Client | Any Windows operating system supported by the applications listed in the next column. |
Microsoft Excel 2000 SP2 or Microsoft Excel XP SP2 with query analyzer and pivot table support. |
| Core Component Servers | Operating Systems | Other Software | Hardware for P8 Platform |
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| Application Engine |
BEA WebLogic 7.0 SP2 and 8.1.1 |
Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2GB of disk space. Application Engine installation consumes 150 MB of disk space. | |
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IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0.5 and 5.0.1 | |||
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Tomcat 4.1.18 and higher
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| Sun Solaris 8.0 |
BEA WebLogic 7.0 SP2 and 8.1.1 |
Recommended minimums: 650 MHz or higher UltraSPARC II, IIe or III processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Application Engine installation consumes 250 MB of disk space. | |
| IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0.5 and 5.0.1 | |||
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IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 |
BEA WebLogic 7.0 SP2 and 8.1.1 |
Recommended minimums: 600 MHz or higher processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Application Engine installation consumes 250 MB of disk space. | |
| IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.05 and 5.0.1 | |||
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HP-UX 11i |
BEA WebLogic 7.0 SP2 and 8.1.1 |
Recommended minimums: 650 MHz or higher processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Application Engine installation consumes 250 MB of disk space. | |
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IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0.5 and 5.01 | |||
| Content Engine |
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IIS 5.0 (required only for WebDAV feature) MDAC 2.7 SP1 |
Recommended minimums: 1 GHz Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. For Windows 2000 Datacenter Server: Pentium III Xeon processors or higher with 2 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Content Engine installation consumes 300 MB of disk space. |
| Process Engine |
NOTE Must be configured with static IP address. |
Optional: Email notification requires an SMTP server. |
Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Process Engine installation consumes 222 MB of disk space. |
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Sun Solaris 8.0 |
Optional: Email notification requires an SMTP server. One of the following for disk partitioning:
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Recommended minimums: 650 MHz or higher UltraSPARC II or III processors with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Process Engine installation requires 1 GB of disk space. | |
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IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2 |
Optional: Email notification requires an SMTP server. |
Recommended minimums: 600 MHz or higher with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Process Engine installation requires 1 GB of disk space. | |
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HP-UX 11i |
Optional: Email notification requires an SMTP server. |
Recommended minimums: 650 MHz or higher processors with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Process Engine installation requires 1 GB of disk space | |
| Rendition Engine
NOTE Refer to Rendition Engine Supported Application Plug-ins for a list of supported plug-ins. |
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MDAC 2.7 MS Internet Explorer 6.0
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Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium®
III Processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB disk space.
TCP/IP network access to all Xtent servers and your document management system. Rendition Engine installation consumes 55 MB of disk space. |
| Server for custom applications developed using
the Content and Process Java APIs |
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JRE 1.3.1 or higher |
Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium® III Processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB disk space. |
| Optional Component Servers | Operating Systems | Other Software | Disk Space for P8 Platform |
| eForms for P8 Workplace | Any operating system (including Windows, Macintosh OS 10.2.2, and Unix) on which you can run a supported browser as described in the next column. |
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Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2GB of disk space. eForms for P8 Workplace consumes 10 MB of disk space. |
| eForms Print Services | Windows 2000 Server |
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Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2GB of disk space. eForms Print Services consumes 10 MB of disk space. |
| Portal Integration |
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BEA WebLogic Portal Server 7 SP4 NOTE The CE, AE and PE patches that support large authentication directories are required. IBM WebSphere Portal 4.2 NOTE Do not apply the patches that support large authentication directories if you plan on using a WebSphere Portal. |
Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. |
| Sun Solaris 8.0 |
BEA WebLogic Portal Server 7 SP4 NOTE The CE, AE and PE patches that support large authentication directories are required. |
Recommended minimums: 650 MHz or higher UltraSPARC II or III processors with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. | |
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IBM WebSphere Portal 4.2 NOTE Do not apply the patches that support large authentication directories if you plan on using a WebSphere Portal. | |||
| Process Analyzer |
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SQL Server 2000 Enterprise SP3 NOTE SQL Enterprise is required for real-time OLAP functionality. SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services SP3 Microsoft XML 4.0 SP2 Microsoft Scripting Engine 5.5 When running PA with a remote database you would only need the following on your Process Analyzer server:
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Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Process Analyzer installation consumes 12 MB of disk space. |
| Process Simulator |
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Microsoft JDBC Driver |
Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with 1 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. Process Simulator installation consumes 70 MB of disk space. |
| WCM Server |
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Recommended minimums: 2 GHz or higher Pentium-compatible processor with
2 GB RAM and 2 GB of disk space. WCM installation consumes 150 MB of disk space. The Data Direct Drivers for use with the WebSphere/SQL environment are provided on the media FileNet P8 DataDirect Drivers for WCM 2.0.1 |
| Sun Solaris 8.0 |
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Recommended minimums: 1 GHz or higher UltraSPARC III with 2 GB RAM and
2 GB of disk space. WCM installation consumes 150 MB of disk space. | |
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Transports:
Refer to IBM documents for details. |
Installation of the CrossWorlds server software consumes 114 MB of disk space. Installation of VisiBroker consumes 31 MB of disk space. Installation of IBM MQ Series consumes 21 MB of disk space. Installation of the Process Engine and Content Engine connectors consumes 2 MB and 3 MB of disk space, respectively. | |
| Fax Server |
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See the Fax Installation Guide for disk and memory requirements. | |
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ISRA 2.0 and 3.0 |
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See the ISRA documentation for more requirements. ISRA installation consumes 80 MB of disk space. |
| IBM AIX 5.2 | IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0.1 |
Content Engine and Process Engine are supported with Cluster Server products, such as Microsoft Cluster Server and Veritas Cluster Server (version 3.5 or higher). Details regarding support will be defined in a separate tech note.
Note The Windows 2000 Schema is the only schema supported in version 2.0.1 of FileNet's P8 Products. The AD 2003 Schema is not supported with the 2.0.1 product.
| LDAP Directory Server | Operating Systems |
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Microsoft Active Directory |
Note Windows 2003 Active Directory Schema is not supported. |
| SunONE Directory Server 5.1 SP2 |
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Server |
SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition SP3 on Windows 2000 server |
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition SP3 on Windows 2000 server |
Oracle 9.2.0.3 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) on Windows 2000 SP3 |
Oracle 9.2.0.3 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) 32/64-bit on Sun Solaris 8 64-bit |
Oracle 9.2.0.3 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) |
Oracle 9.2.0.3 (Standard and Enterprise Editions) |
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| Content Engine with collocated database |
Y | Y | Y | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Content Engine with remote database |
Y MDAC 2.7 provides connectivity for a remote SQL Server database, which must be in the same domain. |
Y MDAC 2.7 provides connectivity for a remote SQL Server database, which must be in the same domain. |
Y | Y |
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| Process Engine with collocated database |
Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Process Engine with remote database |
Y NOTES Requires Microsoft SQL Client Tools on the Process Engine. Remote SQL Server configurations are only available with Process Engine on Windows 2000 configurations. |
Y NOTES Requires Microsoft SQL Client Tools on the Process Engine. Remote SQL Server configurations are only available with Process Engine on Windows 2000 configurations. |
Y | Y |
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Y |
| Process Analyzer | N |
Y Also requires SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services SP2 or SP3 NOTE SQL Enterprise Edition is required for real-time OLAP functionality. |
N | N | N | N |
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WCM Server |
Y |
Y |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
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Capture - Batch Scanning |
Y |
Y |
N |
N | N |
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Rendition Engine |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y | Y |
Y |
The Content Engine and Process Engine can share a SQL Server 2000 or Oracle
database server. Oracle 9.2.0.3 must be applied to both the client and server.
As defined in the Oracle 9.2.0.3 installation instructions, an Oracle patch
must also be installed to complete the 9.2.0.3 installation.
FileNet supports the version of the JDK that is installed with an application server. All subsequent minor versions will be supported when they are supported by an application server vendor.
Alternate JDKs, such as WebLogic JRocket are not supported.
JRE 1.4.0 is required for all P8 Platform Java applets. The Application Engine installer bundles this and downloads it to the client, if it is not present.
FileNet supports the version of the JDK that is installed with the application server. All later service packs will be supported when they are supported by the application server vendor. Alternate JDKs, such as JRocket, are not supported.
| Application Server | J2EE Environment |
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| BEA Weblogic 7.0 SP2 supports J2EE 1.3 |
J2EE 1.3 |
| BEA WebLogic 8.1 supports J2EE 1.3 |
J2EE 1.3 |
| IBM Web Sphere 4.0.5 supports J2EE
1.2 |
J2EE 1.2 JRE 1.3 JDK 1.3.1 JSP 1.1 Servlet 2.2 EJB 1.1(Content Java does not support this.) JCA 1.0 |
| IBM Web Sphere 5.01.supports J2EE
1.3 |
J2EE 1.3 JRE 1.3.1 JDK 1.3.1 JSP 1.2 Servlet 2.3 EJB 2.0 JCA 1.0 |
| Tomcat 4.1.18 or above |
JRE 1.3.1 JDK 1.3.1 JSP 1.2 Servlet 2.3 JCA 1.0 |
JRE 1.4 is bundled in Content Engine and Process Engine server installers except for the Process Engine UNIX platform. You must install the JRE before trying to install Process Engine or setup will fail.
Custom applications developed with the Content Java API and Process Java API are supported on operating systems that support the following JDKs:
The P8 Platform supports configurations that separate HTTP servers from application servers. Hardware-based solutions, such as Cisco routers, can be used to build a web farm of HTTP servers.
The Application Engine supports both hardware- and software-based load balancing. Some example choices are:
NOTE WCM cannot be deployed in a web farm.
In addition to web farms, Content Engine can be load balanced in a farm environment using third-party farm software or hardware. Rendition Engine provides its own multi-server support mechanism for scalability. Additional plug-in boxes are required when more Rendition Engine boxes are added.
The core P8 Platform components (Application Engine, Content Engine, Process Engine, and Rendition Engine) can be collocated on the same Windows 2000 server using SQL Server 2000. Any of the supported application servers can be used. Note that a single machine setup is not a typical production deployment scenario, but could be appropriate for development and some demo scenarios.
Content Engine and Process Engine can share the same SQL Server 2000 or Oracle servers. Content Engine and Process Engine support default and named instances of SQL 2000 for both local and remote databases.
The WCM Server can be collocated with the Application Engine.
For a list of recommended configurations, refer to the Configuration section in the Installation Guide.
| Clients You Can Collocate | Services You Cannot Collocate | Databases You can Collocate |
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| The P8 WCM client can be collocated with the WCM 5.1 client. | P8 Platform Engines cannot be collocated with any FileNet-based services including IS, CS, Workflo Services, and Web Services. | Oracle databases for Process Engine, Content Engine, eProcess Workflow servers and IS (full installs) can be collocated on a remote server providing there are separate Oracle instances. |
| IDM Desktop and Web Services 3.2 thick and thin clients (except Application Integration controls) can be collocated with Workplace and custom P8 Platform applications. The same is true for Open Client. | ||
| Web Services 3.2 Application Integration controls can be collocated with Workplace Application Integration controls. |
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Application Name |
Version Number |
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Adobe Framemaker |
6.5 |
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Adobe Illustrator |
9.0 |
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Adobe Pagemaker |
6.5 |
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ASCII |
N/A |
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AutoCAD |
2000 |
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Corel Draw |
9.0 |
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Corel Presentation |
9.0, 10.0 |
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Corel Quattro Pro |
9.0, 10.0 |
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Corel WordPerfect |
9.0, 10.0 |
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Isis Draw |
2.4 |
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Macromedia Freehand |
9.0 |
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Microsoft Excel |
2000 |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer |
N/A |
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Microsoft PowerPoint |
2000 |
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Microsoft Project |
2000 |
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Microsoft Visio |
2000 |
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Microsoft Word |
2000 |
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Microstation |
7.1J |
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PDF |
N/A |
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QuarkXpress |
4.1 |
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TIFF |
N/A |