Hardware requirements
Supported
hardware for WebSphere® Premises Server includes
servers that meet the minimum hardware criteria defined below.
Table 1. Minimum supported hardware for WebSphere Premises ServerProcessor |
Memory (RAM) |
Free Disk Space |
Temporary disk space during installation |
3 GHz Pentium® 4 |
3 GB
|
10 GB
|
1 GB
|
A two-processor configuration is recommended.
The
following hardware is required for Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server in
addition to what is listed in Table 1:
Table 2. Additional hardware required for Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises ServerProcessor |
Memory (RAM) |
Free Disk Space |
Temporary disk space during installation |
3 GHz or more |
1 GB recommended
|
500 MB
|
100 MB
|
The system for the
Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server Spatial Management Client must
meet the following minimum requirements:
- Memory (RAM): 512 MB or more
- CPU: 1 GHz or more
- Monitor resolution: 1024 by 768 pixels, 1280 by 1024 pixels, or
higher
- A LAN connection (100 M-bit or more)
Software requirements
Operating
systems
WebSphere Premises Server supports
the following operating systems:
Windows® Server
2003 Standard or Enterprise editions with Service Pack 2, or Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard
or Enterprise editions with Service Pack 2
SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server V9.3 (Kernel 2.6),
or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
V10.1
Notes: - See the WebSphere Premises Server system
requirements page for
the latest information about supported operating platforms.
- A high availability WebSphere Premises Server topology
is not supported on SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server V9.3.
- Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server only
supports the Windows platforms
listed. It does not support Linux platforms.
- A
high availability WebSphere Premises Server topology
is not supported with Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server.
Browsers and other GUI software
In order
to use the WebSphere Premises Server Administrative Console,
you must have Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 6.0 or later installed
on your operating system and JavaScript™ enabled.
The
following software is required on the systems where you install the
Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server Spatial Management Client:
Middleware
The following software is required
for WebSphere Premises Server.
These software packages are installed with WebSphere Premises Server, with
the exception of Oracle. See Packaging for
more details on how the software is delivered.
Notes: - DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 9.1.4
Workgroup Server Edition and DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 9.5.2
are also supported, but not packaged with WebSphere Premises Server.
- If you are using Oracle with a Linux operating
system, the Oracle 10g driver can be installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 or later versions,
but Oracle 11g can only be installed on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and later versions.
- Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server only
supports the DB2 database versions
listed. It does not support Oracle.
You can optionally use the following Tivoli® products to install and manage your
network:
- Tivoli Omegamon XE for
Messaging for Distributed Platforms 6.0.1 (optional)
- Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere 6.1 (optional)
- Tivoli Enterprise Console® 3.9
Fix Pack 6 (optional)
- Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software 5.1.0.2
(optional)
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2
(optional)
- IBM Tivoli Monitoring for
Databases 6.2 (optional)
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software Software
Package Definition (SPD) files: WebSphere Premises Server provides Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software SPD files
for WebSphere Application Server, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows platforms
and WebSphere MQ running
on Windows platforms only.
You can use Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software to
install and configure these prerequisites on WebSphere Premises Server. For
instructions on how to do this, refer to Installing using Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software.