WebSphere brand IBM WebSphere Sensor Events, Version 6.2

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware requirements

See the WebSphere® Sensor Events system requirements page for information about the supported hardware for WebSphere Sensor Events and for information about the additional hardware requirements for IBM® Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Sensor Events and IBM Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events.

The system for the Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Sensor Events 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

All of the operating systems in this table are 32-bit.

Table 1. Supported operating systems
Operating system WebSphere Sensor Events server Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Sensor Events Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events
Windows
  • Windows® Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions with Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise editions with Service Pack 2
Yes Yes Yes
Linux
  • SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server V10.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V10.2
Yes No No
Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
Yes No No
Notes:
  • See the WebSphere Sensor Events system requirements page for the latest information about supported operating platforms.
  • A high availability WebSphere Sensor Events topology is not supported with Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Sensor Events.

Browsers and other GUI software

In order to use the WebSphere Sensor Events Administrative Console, you must have Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0 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 Sensor Events Spatial Management Client:

Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events supports Internet Explorer 7.x versions and Mozilla Firefox 3.x versions.

Middleware

The following software is required for WebSphere Sensor Events. These software packages are installed with WebSphere Sensor Events, with the exception of Oracle. See Packaging for more details on how the software is delivered. WebSphere Sensor Events can also be installed on WebSphere Process Server 6.1.2, which has the required middleware.

Notes:
  • Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Sensor Events only supports the DB2 database versions listed. It does not support Oracle.
  • Asset Inventory Management Services for WebSphere Sensor Events only supports the DB2 database version listed. It does not support Oracle. It also requires DB2 Everyplace® Enterprise Edition 9.1.3.

You can optionally use the following Tivoli® products to install and manage your network:

Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software Software Package Definition (SPD) files: WebSphere Sensor Events provides Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software SPD files for WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Workgroup Server Edition 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 Sensor Events. For instructions on how to do this, refer to Installing using Tivoli Provisioning Manager for Software.


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