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WebSphere Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension

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System requirements

Below is the list of software and hardware required for IBM WebSphere® Message Broker with Rules and Formatter Extension and its components. Where patches for a product are specified, this means that these patches were required to resolve problems found during testing and should therefore be considered as the minimum necessary maintenance level. Further maintenance should be applied in accordance with the guidance of the relevant software manufacturer.

Brokers V6.1


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIX BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM AIX® Version 5.3 (plus maintenance level 4)

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for AIX		 BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer pSeries®, IBM RS/6000® processor machines or IBM eServer i5 (for AIX)
HP-UX HP-UX PA-RISC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i V2 (B.11.23) (plus the recommended HP-UX 11.23 patches required for Java 5.0 (Java 1.5))

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for HP-UX - PA-RISC

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HP-UX Itanium platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) or HP-UX 11i v3 for Integrity

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for HP-UX - Integrity		 HP-UX PA-RISC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 with PA-RISC 2.0 Processor machines

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HP-UX UX IA64 platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard Itanium System on any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software shown below, and any associated applications unmodified
Linux on Intel BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux Intel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit and 64-bit); Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (32-bit and 64-bit); or SLES 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) V5.0 or later

TOOLKIT: Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (32-bit); requires Mozilla Version 1.4.2 or later (32-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) V5.0 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on Intel x86 platform

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on Intel x86-64 bit platform		 BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER:

32-bit: IBM eServer xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based system from various manufacturers.

64-bit: AMD64, EMT64T, and compatible processors - any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software, and any associated applications unmodified.

TOOLKIT:

IBM eServer xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700MHz or higher, 512MB RAM); a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended.
Linux on POWER BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux PowerPC Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later);Linux Intel RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.0 or later; Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (RC5 or above, with kernel 2.6.5-7.244 or above); Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on POWER		 BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer pSeries of RS/6000 processor machines; IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server or Linux PowerPC)
Linux on zSeries BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux zSeries (31-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 or later; Linux zSeries (31-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 or later; Linux zSeries Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (plus Update 2) or later; Linux zSeries Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 or later; Linux zSeries SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9; Linux zSeries SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on zSeries		 BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer zSeries® 600 or 700 Server (for Linux z/OS)
Solaris Solaris x86-64 platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Solaris x86-64 platform

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Solaris 9 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level), which should at least include patches 111711-16 (32-bit) and 111712-16 (64-bit); or Sun Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level);

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Solaris SPARC platform		 Solaris x86-64 platform

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems AMD64 and EM64T processor machines and compatible

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines
Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with SP2; Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise editions

TOOLKIT: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2; Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Windows		 BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer xSeries (or equivalent Intel based system); IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server)

TOOLKIT: Windows x86 technology-compatible PC hardware, capable of running the required level of a compatible operating system with enough storage to meet the requirements of the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit
z/OS BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM z/OS® V1R7 (5694-A01) at RSU0609 or later (for target system), with PTF for APARs PK34716 and PK34041.

IBM SMP/E for z/OS V3R3 or later.

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for z/OS		 BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Any server capable of running one of the listed IBM z/OS releases

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Brokers V6


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIX BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM AIX® Version 5.2 (plus maintenance level 3) or IBM AIX Version 5.3 (maintenance level 2)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for AIX		 BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer pSeries®, IBM RS/6000® processor machines or IBM eServer i5 (for AIX)
HP-UX HP-UX PA-RISC platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) plus December 2003 QPK

HP-UX Itanium platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i v2 for Integrity

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for HP-UX		 HP-UX PA-RISC platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 processor machines with PA-RISC Processors

HP-UX Itanium platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard HP Integrity server machines
Linux on Intel BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux Intel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit); Linux Intel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit and 64-bit) - supported on version 6.0.0.1 or later; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (32-bit and 64-bit); or SLES 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)

TOOLKIT: Red Hat Enterprise Linux V3.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (32-bit); SLES 10; requires Mozilla Version 1.4.2 or later (32-bit)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Linux on Intel		 BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER:

32-bit: IBM eServer xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based system from various manufacturers.

64-bit: AMD64, EMT64T, and compatible processors - any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software, and any associated applications unmodified.

TOOLKIT:

32-bit: IBM eServer xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700MHz or higher, 512MB RAM); a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended.

64-bit: AMD64, EMT64T, and compatible processors - any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software, and any associated applications unmodified.
Linux on POWER BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux PowerPC Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later); Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 or later; Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Linux on POWER		 BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer pSeries of RS/6000 processor machines; IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server or Linux PowerPC)
Linux on zSeries BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux zSeries (31-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (plus Update 2 or later); Linux zSeries (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later) - supported on version 6.0.0.1 or later; Linux zSeries (31-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 or later; Linux zSeries (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 or later - supported on version 6.0.0.1 or later; Linux zSeries (31-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 or later; Linux zSeries (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Linux on zSeries		 BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer zSeries® 600 or 700 Server (for Linux z/OS)
Solaris Solaris x86-64 platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Solaris x86-64 platform

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Solaris 8 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level) and Solaris Patch ID 111308 required; or Sun Solaris 9 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level); Sun Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Solaris SPARC platform		 Solaris x86-64 platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems AMD64 and EM64T processor machines

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines
Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise editions

TOOLKIT: Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Windows		 BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer xSeries (or equivalent Intel based system); IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server)

TOOLKIT: IBM eServer xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700 MHz or higher, 512 MB RAM);a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended
z/OS BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM z/OS® V1R5 (5694-A01), with PTF for APAR OA11699, at RSU0507 or later (for the target system).

IBM SMP/E for z/OS V3R1 or later. (SMP/E PTF for APAR IR48947 is required for the driving system.)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for z/OS		 BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Any server capable of running one of the listed IBM z/OS releases

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Brokers V5


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIX BROKER: IBM® AIX® Version 5.1 (maintenance level 3), IBM AIX Version 5.2 (maintenance level 2), or IBM AIX Version 5.3 (maintenance level 2)

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for AIX		 BROKER: IBM eServer pSeries®, IBM RS/6000® processor machines or IBM eServer i5
HP-UX BROKER: HP-UX V11.0 (September 2002 Quality Pack), HP-UX V11.11 (December 2002 Quality Pack) or HP-UX V11.23

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for HP-UX		 BROKER: Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 processor machines
Linux on Intel BROKER: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (see detailed system requirements for supported environment); SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8; SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (see detailed system requirements for supported environment); United Linux 1.0 (plus SP2a)

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for Linux on Intel		 BROKER: Linux Intel: IBM xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based system
Linux on zSeries BROKER: Linux on zSeries (31-bit): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (see detailed system requirements for supported environment); Linux on zSeries (31-bit): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8; Linux on zSeries (31-bit): SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (see detailed system requirements for supported environment)

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for Linux on zSeries		 BROKER: Linux zSeries: IBM eServer zSeries® Server
Solaris BROKER: Sun Solaris 2.8, Sun Solaris 9, Sun Solaris 10 (all with the SunSolve recommended patch levels)

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for Solaris		 BROKER: Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional BROKER: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server (with SP3); Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server (with SP3); Windows Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise editions)

TOOLKIT: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server (with SP3); Microsoft Windows XP Professional (with SP1)

CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Server and Advanced Server (with SP3); Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Standard and Enterprise editions); Microsoft Windows XP Professional (with SP1)

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for Windows		 BROKER: IBM xSeries (or equivalent Intel based system); iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server)

TOOLKIT:IBM xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700 MHz or higher, 512 MB RAM)

CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700 MHz or higher, 512 MB RAM)
z/OS BROKER: IBM z/OS V1R3 at RSU0305 or later; IBM z/OS V1R4 at RSU0302 or later

Detailed system requirements for V5.0 for z/OS		 BROKER: Any server capable of running one of the listed IBM z/OS releases

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