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Rational Change system requirements

Rational software

The IBM® Rational® Change™ server runs on the following:


Operating systemSoftwareHardware
Linux® Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit or 64-bit) Disk space: 2 GB minimum
UNIX® Suse Enterprise Linux 10 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit) 1.5 GB RAM minimum
Microsoft Windows® IBM AIX® 6.1 20 MB RAM for each Rational Synergy session

Sun Solaris™ 10

Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows XP Professional SP2

VMWare ESX Server 3.5 running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)

The Rational Change client runs on the following:


Operating systemSoftwareHardware
Linux® Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit) minimum/recommended
UNIX® Windows XP Professional SP2 Xx RAM minimum/recommended
Microsoft Windows® Citrix® MetaFrame® Presentation Server 4.5 (Advanced Edition) on Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit) We don't have any minimum requirements for the client; they just need to run a supported browser (config below)

VMware® ESX™ Server 3.5 running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)

Windows Vista® Enterprise Edition SP1

IBM AIX 6.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Solaris 10

Mozilla Firefox® 2.0 (AIX)

Firefox 3.0 (Linux / Solaris / Windows)

Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6.0 SP1 or 7.0

The IBM Rational Change client runs on the following:


Operating SystemBrowser
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows XP Professional SP3
Citrix® MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.5 (Advanced Edition) on Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
VMware ESX Server 3.5 running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or 7.0
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise Edition SP1 Internet Explorer 7.0
IBM AIX 6.1 Firefox 2.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Solaris 10
Firefox 3.0