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IBM WebSphere® Host On-Demand,Version 10 at a glance

Hardware requirements

Disk space must be available on the server to support applet files and the WebSphere Host On-Demand service manager. These requirements are based on a typical installation and are only estimates. Sizes can vary by operating system and the languages installed.

Server space per additional user:

  • For Windows 2000 and Windows 2003: 350MB of disk space for one user interface language, and another 8MB of disk space for each additional user interface language
  • For the IBM AIX® operating system: 350MB of disk space (includes English as a user interface language and additional security files), and another 8MB of disk space for each additional user interface language
  • For the Sun Solaris Operating Environment, Linux and HP-UX: 330MB of disk space (includes English as a user interface language), and another 8MB of disk space for each additional user interface language
  • All other operating systems: 480MB (all languages installed)

Software requirements

Can be installed on the following servers:

  • Windows 2000 (Professional, Server and Advanced Server)
  • Windows XP Professional (32 bit) (Note: This should not be used for a large-scale production server)
  • Windows 2003 Server and Enterprise (32 bit)
  • IBM AIX 5L™, Version 5.2 and Version 5.3
  • IBM OS/2 Warp® Server, Version 4 and OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, Version 4.5
  • Sun Solaris Operating Environment, Version 8 and Version 9
  • IBM OS/400®, Version 5.1, Version 5.2 and Version 5.3; IBM i5/OS™, Version 5.3; and i5/OS, Version 5.4
  • IBM z/OS®, Version 1.4, Version 1.5, Version 1.6 and Version 1.7
  • HP-UX, Version 11.0 and Version 11i
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 2.1,Version 3.0 and Version 4.0
  • Red Hat Linux, Version 9.0 Personal and Version 9.0 Professional
  • SUSE Linux, Version 8.2 and Version 9.0
  • TurboLinux, Version 8.0 Workstation and Server
  • HP Integrity (Itanium) HP-UX Version 2 11.23 and Version 3 (with HOD v10 fixpack 2)

Note: The version for support for Linux on System z is the same as listed for Red Hat, SUSE and TurboLinux.

Supported on the following desktop operating environments when downloaded from a server:

  • Windows 2000 (Professional)
  • Windows XP Professional and Home Edition (32 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, Standard and Web (32 bit)
  • AIX 5L, Version 5.2 and Version 5.3
  • Sun Solaris Operating Environment, Versions 8 and Version 9
  • HP-UX, Version 11.0 and Version 11i
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 2.1, Version 3.0 (WS, ES, AS) and Version 4.0
  • Red Hat Linux, Version 9.0 Personal and Version 9.0 Professional
  • SUSE Linux, Version 8.2 and Version 9.0
  • TurboLinux, Version 8.0 Workstation and Version 8.0 Server, and TurboLinux, Version 10 Desktop
  • Microsoft Windows NT® Server, Version 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and Windows Terminal Services for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003
  • Citrix Metaframe, Version 1.8 for Windows Terminal Server, Version 4.0 and Citrix Metaframe, Version 1.8 for Windows 2000 Server
  • Citrix Metaframe XP Presentation Server (Versions s, a, e) for Windows
  • Apple Mac OS X, Version 10.2.1,Version 10.3 and Version 10.4

Note: A local client is only supported on Windows 32 bit platforms (Windows XP, 2003 and 2000).

Supported browsers and Java 2 plugins:

The following browsers are supported for download of the WebSphere Host On-Demand clients from a remote WebSphere Host On-Demand server, or to run WebSphere Host On-Demand on a locally installed client:

  • Netscape Navigator, Version 6.1, Version 6.2, Version 7.0, Version 7.1, Version 7.2 and Version 8.0
  • Internet Explorer, Version 5.5 and Version 6.0
  • Mozilla, Version 1.7
  • Firefox, Version 1.0 and Version 1.5
  • Browsers support on Apple Macintosh system: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 5.2 and Safari, Version 1
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE) levels supported on Apple Macintosh system: Version 1.3.1, Version 1.4.1, Version 1.4.2, and Version 1.5
  • Java plug-ins support: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 and 1.5 (IBM, Sun and HP)

Supported Web servers:

  • iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition, Version 6.0
  • IBM HTTP Server, Version 1.3.28, Version 2.0.42, Version 2.0.47, and Version 6.0
  • Microsoft IIS, Version 4, Version 5, Version 5.1 and Version 6
  • Apache HTTP Server, Version 1.3, Version 2.0 and Version 2.2
  • IBM Lotus® Domino®, Version 6 and Version 6.5

Supported development environments:

  • Rational Application Developer, Version 6.0

Supported LDAP servers:

  • IBM Directory Server, Version 4.1, Version 5.1 and Version 5.2
  • IBM LDAP Server running on z/OS, Version 1.4, Version 1.5, Version 1.6 and Version 1.7

Web application servers:

  • WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 5.0; and WebSphere Application Server, Version 5.0, Version 5.0.2, Version 5.1 and Version 6.0
  • iPlanet Application Server, Version 6.0
  • Lotus Domino, Version 6

For Web Express Logon:

  • IBM Tivoli® Access Manager for e-business, Version 4.1 and Version 5.1
  • Netegrity SiteMinder, Version 5.5
  • IBM DB2® Universal Database™, Version 7 and Version 8

Miscellaneous supported software:

  • IBM WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms, Version 5.0 and Version 5.1
  • Acrobat Reader (or Acrobat), Version 6 and Version 7
  • CICS Transaction Gateway, Version 5.1 and later

Note: Acrobat Reader (or Acrobat), Version 5.0 or later is required for DBCS PDF support.

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