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System requirements

These are minimum requirements. Evaluate and adjust these requirements for your environment.

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 8.7

Operating System Software Hardware
AIX AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
Version 8.7 system requirements
Version 8.7 system requirements
HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 on Intel Itanium
HP-UX 11i v3 on Intel Itanium
Version 8.7 system requirements
Version 8.7 system requirements
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on AMD processors or Intel processors (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform on AMD processors or Intel processors (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on IBM System z (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform on IBM System z (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on AMD or Intel processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Advanced Platform on AMD or Intel processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on IBM System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on AMD processors or Intel processors


SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on AMD processors or Intel processors

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on IBM System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on IBM System z
Version 8.7 system requirements
Version 8.7 system requirements
Solaris Solaris 10
Version 8.7 system requirements
Version 8.7 system requirements
Windows Client: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008
Version 8.7 system requirements

Server: Windows Server 2008
Version 8.7 system requirements
Version 8.7 system requirements

IBM InfoSphere DataStage 8.5

Operating System Software Hardware
AIX AIX 5.3
AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
Version 8.5 system requirements
Version 8.5 system requirements
HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 on Intel Itanium
HP-UX 11i v3 on Intel Itanium
Version 8.5 system requirements
Version 8.5 system requirements
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on AMD processors or Intel processors (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform on AMD processors or Intel processors (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on IBM System z (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Advanced Platform on IBM System z (Fix Pack 1 is required)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on AMD or Intel processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on AMD or Intel processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on IBM System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on AMD processors or Intel processors

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on AMD processors or Intel processors

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on IBM System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on IBM System z

Version 8.5 system requirements
Version 8.5 system requirements
Solaris Solaris 9

Solaris 10

Version 8.5 system requirements
Version 8.5 system requirements
Windows Client: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
Version 8.5 system requirements

Server: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
Version 8.5 system requirements
Version 8.5 system requirements




Version 8.5 system requirements

IBM InfoSphere DataStage 8.1

Operating System Software Hardware
AIX AIX 5.3 and 6.1

Version 8.1 system requirements
Version 8.1 system requirements
HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 on Intel Itanium

HP-UX 11i v3 on Intel Itanium

HP-UX 11i v2 on PA-RISC

HP-UX 11i v3 on PA-RISC

Version 8.1 system requirements
Version 8.1 system requirements
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 on AMD or Intel processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on AMD or Intel processors

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on IBM System z

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on AMD or Intel processors

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on IBM System z

Version 8.1 system requirements
Version 8.1 system requirements
Solaris Solaris 9 and Solaris 10

Version 8.1 system requirements
Version 8.1 system requirements
Windows Client: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003

Server: Windows Server 2003

Version 8.1 system requirements
Version 8.1 system requirements

IBM InfoSphere DataStage Version 8.0

Operating System Software Hardware
AIX AIX Version 5.2, 5.3

Version 8.0 system requirements
Version 8.0 system requirements
HP-UX HP-UX 11i v2 on Intel Itanium

HP-UX 11i v2 on PA-RISC

Version 8.0 system requirements
Version 8.0 system requirements
Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM System z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Intel x86

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM zSeries

Version 8.0 system requirements
Version 8.0 system requirements
Solaris Sun Solaris 9, and Solaris 10

Version 8.0 system requirements
Version 8.0 system requirements
Windows Client: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003

Server: Windows Server 2003

Version 8.0 system requirements
Version 8.0 system requirements

Client 7.5

Operating System Software Hardware
Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Professional

TCP/IP protocol configured access to QualityStage™ server
One machine with Intel 32bit CPU

25 MB of RAM (Recommend 512 MB)

256 MB disk space

Server 7.5

Operating System Software Hardware
AIX 5.2, 5.3

XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 7.0, 8.0

TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses
512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
HP-UX PA-Risc 11i (11.11) , 11iv2 (11.23)

HP aC++ A.03.63

Itanium/Integrity: 11iv2 (11.23)

HP Itanium C++ 6.0

TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses
512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
Linux Redhat enterprise ASE 2.1

gcc 3.23

TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses

SUSE ES (x86)

Compiler: gcc 3.3.3

TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses
512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
Solaris 2.9, 2.10

Sun Studio 9, 10, 11

TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses
512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
Windows 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Compiler: Visual Studio.NET 2003 C++, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 C++, or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Express Edition C++

TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses
512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space

IBM InfoSphere DataStage MVS Edition

Operating System Software Hardware
OS/390 COBOL for OS/390 (V1.2.1)

COBOL for OS/390 V2.2.0

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