WebSphere Application Server - Supported Prerequisites

Updated 05/10/2005

This page describes the minimum product levels you need installed before opening a problem report with the WebSphere Application Server support team. Because other products frequently ship fixes, updates, and new releases, it is not possible to test every configuration. In general, you can install and run with updates to supported products if those updates are forward compatible. For additional information on available support for configurations that are not included in the following list, refer to support article WebSphere Application Server has grown and so have your requirements.

Edge Components Version 6.0.1

+ Product is included with this WebSphere edition

  Operating Systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server
(See footnote 1)
WebSphere Application Server platform: Notes
AIX HP Linux AMD/Intel Linux S/390 zSeries Linux iSeries pSeries Sun Windows
  AIX 5L 5.1 with Recommended Maintenance package 5100-05
AIX 5L product site
X              
  AIX 5L 5.2 with Recommended Maintenance package 5200-02 or 5200-03
AIX 5L product site
X              
  AIX 5L 5.3
AIX 5L product site
X             AIX APAR IY58143 is required
  HP-UX 11iv1 with Quality Pack of June 2004 plus required HP-UX patches for Java
HP-UX 11i product site
  X           Review relevant OS requirements from the HP Patch Information web site
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 Update 2, 3 or 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X X  X      See footnote 2 and 3
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X X  X      - See footnote 2 and 3
- Reference Tech Note #1201306 before installation
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 Update 2, 3 or 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X         See footnote 2 and 3
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X         - See footnote 2 and 3
- Reference Tech Note #1201306 before installation
  Solaris 8 with the Recommended Patch Cluster of June 2004
Sun product site
          X   Reference Tech Note #1188129 before installation
  Solaris 9 with the Recommended Patch Cluster of June 2004
Sun product site
          X   Reference Tech Note #1188129 before installation
  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 SP3
SUSE Linux product site
    X X X     See footnote 2 and 3
  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SUSE Linux product site
    X X X     See footnote 2 and 3
  Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Windows 2000 product site
            X  
  Windows 2000 Server SP4
Windows 2000 product site
            X  
  Windows 2000 Professional SP4
(supported for application design, development, and testing only; no support for production use)
Windows 2000 product site
            X  
  Windows Server 2003, Datacenter
Windows Server 2003 product site
            X  
  Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
Windows Server 2003 product site
            X  
  Windows Server 2003, Standard
Windows Server 2003 product site
            X  
  Operating Systems supported with 64-bit WebSphere Application Server
(See footnote 4)
WebSphere Application Server platform: Notes
AIX HP Linux AMD/Intel Linux zSeries Linux iSeries pSeries Sun Windows
  HP-UX 11iv2 Update 2
HP-UX 11i product site
  X           See footnote 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 Update 3 or 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X   X      See footnote 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X   X      - See footnote 6
- Reference Tech Note #1201306 before installation
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 Update 3 or 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X         See footnote 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site
    X         - See footnote 6
- Reference Tech Note #1201306 before installation
  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SUSE Linux product site
    X         See footnote 6
  SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP1
SUSE Linux product site
        X     See footnote 6
  Windows Server 2003, Enterprise
Windows Server 2003 product site
            X See footnote 6
  Java
The WebSphere-supplied Java 2 SDK is required for both the run time and any remote Java clients
WebSphere Application Server platform: Notes
AIX HP Linux AMD/Intel Linux S/390 zSeries Linux iSeries pSeries Sun Windows
+ IBM 32-bit SDK, Java 2 Technology Edition, v1.4.2 SR1a X   X X X   X On Windows/x86 and Linux/x86, there is an optional Java Virtual Machine mode generally referred to as 'J9'. It is not the default operating mode. The J9 mode is for use with debugging tools only, and is not supported for use in production environments. For additional information on J9 please refer to technote #1221478.
+ HP SDK for J2SE HP-UX 11i platform, adapted by IBM for IBM Software, Version 1.4.2 SR1a   X           32-bit for PA-RISC and 64-bit for Itanium 2 are provided
+ IBM 32-bit SDK for Solaris, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 1.4.2 SR1a           X    
+ IBM 64-bit SDK, Java 2 Technology Edition, v1.4.2 SR1a     X   X   X  
  Web Browsers
(required for administration/configuration, sample program execution and launch pad. There is no restriction nor certification of Web browsers on clients that connect the server to display content)
WebSphere Application Server platform: Notes
AIX HP Linux AMD/Intel Linux S/390 zSeries Linux iSeries pSeries Sun Windows
  Internet Explorer 6.0 SP 1 (on Windows) X X X X X X X  
  Mozilla 1.4 or 1.7
Mozilla 1.x product site
X X X X X X X  

Footnotes:

1. For AIX Power PC, Solaris SPARC, and HP-UX PA-RISC platforms, WebSphere Application Server has been tested as a 32-bit application on a 32-bit kernel and on 64-bit machines booted with 64-bit kernels; however, 64-bit mode is not exploited.

2. Load Balancer runs only on machines booted with the 31-bit kernel for Linux on zSeries.

3. WebSphere Edge Components' Load Balancer has a dependency on the Linux kernel.  Whenever the kernel is updated on a server running Load Balancer, Load Balancer must be updated to a service level which contains a module specifically for that kernel.

4. Version 6.0.1 introduces 64-bit support for selected operating systems. Its Java virtual machine exploits the 64-bit processors and operating environment. For additional information refer to Information center articles What is new for installers and What is new for developers.

5. HP refers to the 64-bit version of the OS running on Itanium 2.

6. Linux refers to the 64-bit version of the OS running on Power, AMD Opteron, and Intel EM64T platforms (Support for Windows Server 2003 and Linux on Intel IA64 is available under a PRPQ license. Call your IBM representative for additional PRPQ information.).