System Requirements for WebSphere Application Server V7.0 on Linux x86

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This document describes the minimum product levels that need to be installed before opening a problem report with the WebSphere Application Server Support team. Because other products frequently ship fixes, updates, and new releases, testing every configuration is not possible. In general, you can install and run with updates to supported products if those updates are forward compatible.

The following list identifies the products that are supported when WebSphere Application Server runs on the Linux x86 operating system. It is not necessary to run these products on the same machine or operating system as WebSphere Application Server.

Operating Systems supported with 32-bit WebSphere Application Server		Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 4 with Update 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES, Version 4 with Update 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, Version 4 with Update 6 (See Required Detail 5) Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5 with Update 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 6 (minimum WebSphere Application Server v 7.0.0.15) (See Required Detail 13) Red Hat Enterprise Linux product site SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Version 9 with SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product site SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Version 10 with Update 1SUSE Linux Enterprise Server product site SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Version 11 (See Required Detail 7) including SP1 and SP2 Asianux Server 3 with SP2 (minimum Websphere Application Server v7.0.0.9) (See Required Detail 10)
Hardware Requirements		Intel Pentium processor at 500 MHz or faster Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron For related information, see technote #1237439 Disk space requirements Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended CD-ROM drive
Java™ The WebSphere-supplied Java 2 SDK is required for both the run time and any remote Java clients		IBM SDK for multiplatforms, Java Technology Edition, V6.0
Databases See the JDBC Drivers section		DB2 for iSeries 5.3, 5.4 or 6.1 DB2 for iSeries product site DB2 for z/OS V8, V9/V9.1, or V10 DB2 for z/OS product site DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows see document #7013265 for supported levels and editions Derby 10.3 WebSphere Information Integrator 8.2 FP8, 9.1 FP3 or 9.5 FP2 WebSphere Information Integrator product site Informix Dynamic Server 10.00xC6, 11.10xC1 or 11.5xC1 Oracle 10g Standard/Enterprise Release 1 - 10.1.0.4 Oracle Database product site (See Required Detail 8) Oracle 10g Standard/Enterprise Release 2 - 10.2.0.1 or 10.2.0.2 Oracle Database product site (See Required Detail 8) Oracle 11g Standard/Enterprise Release 1 - 11.1.0.6 Oracle Database product site Oracle 11g Standard/Enterprise Release 2 - 11.2.0.1 Oracle Database support site Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2005 SP2 Microsoft SQL product support site Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2008 Microsoft SQL product support site Microsoft SQL Server Enteprise 2008 R2 Microsoft SQL product support site (See Required Detail 11) Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.4 or 15.0.2 Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise product site
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Drivers For the mapping of the JDBC Driver to supported databases refer to the information center article, Vendor-specific data sources minimum required settings.		DataDirect Connect JDBC 4.0 (type 4) DataDirect Connect JDBC product site DB2 Connect 8.2 FP8, 9.1 FP3 or 9.5 FP1 DB2 Universal JDBC Driver 2.10.72 (type 2/4) DB2 Driver for JDBC and SQLJ 3.4.65 (type 2/4) Derby 10.3 JDBC 3.0 or 4.0 IBM Dataserver Driver for JDBC and and SQLJ 3.51 (type 3) and 4.1 (type 4) IBM Toolbox for Java/JTOpen JDBC Driver 6.0 (type 4) Toolbox for Java product site Informix JDBC Driver 3.00 JC3, 3.10 JC1 or 3.5.0 JC1 (type 4) Informix JDBC product site Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver, version 1.2 or 2.0 with hotfix 977924 Microsoft JDBC support site (See Required Detail 9) Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver, version 3.0 with hotfix 2504052 Microsoft JDBC support site (See Required Detail 12) Oracle 11.1.0.6 JDBC Driver Oracle JDBC product site Oracle 11.2.0.1 JDBC Driver Oracle JDBC product site Sybase jConnect 5.5 EBF 13904 or 6.05 EBF 14466 (type 4) Sybase jConnect product site
LDAP Servers using Stand Alone LDAP User Registry Configuration		Any LDAP directory server that supports the LDAP V3 specification rfc 2251 is supported. The following products were investigated and meet the specification if you are at the level indicated or higher: IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0 IBM Tivoli Directory Server product site Sun Java Directory Server 6.0 Sun product site Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 7.0 Lotus Domino product site Windows Active Directory 2003 Windows Active Directory 2003 product site Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP9 Novell eDirectory product site IBM z/OS Integrated Security Services 1.8 IBM z/OS.e Integrated Security Services 1.8 For the LDAP servers not listed above that support the LDAP V3 specification, you will need to configure the LDAP server using a custom LDAP feature with an appropriate filter and you will need to obtain the appropriate filter information from your LDAP vendor.
LDAP Servers using Federated Repository Configuration		Any LDAP directory server that supports the LDAP V3 specification rfc 2251 is supported. The following products were investigated and meet the specification if you are at the level indicated or higher: IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.0 IBM Tivoli Directory Server product site Sun Java Directory Server 6.0 Sun product site Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 7.0 Lotus Domino product site Windows Active Directory 2003 Windows Active Directory 2003 product site Windows Active Directory Applications Mode 1.0 SP1 Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 SP9 Novell eDirectory product site IBM z/OS Integrated Security Services 1.8 IBM z/OS.e Integrated Security Services 1.8 For the LDAP servers not listed above that support the LDAP V3 specification, you will need to configure the LDAP server using a custom LDAP feature with appropriate objectclass and attribute mappings that you need to obtain from your LDAP vendor.
Web Servers Refer to the information center article, Installing Web server plug-ins.		Apache HTTP Server 2.0.58 or 2.2 Apache HTTP Server product site (See Required Detail 1) IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server V6.1 (See Required Detail 1) IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server V7.0 (See Required Detail 1) Internet Information Services 6.0 or 7.0 IIS product site (See Required Detail 2) and (See Required Detail 4) Lotus Domino Enterprise Server 7.0.2 or 8.0 Lotus Domino product site (See Required Detail 1) Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP8 or 7.0 Update 1 Sun product site (See Required Detail 1)
Web browsers		Firefox 2.0 or 3.0 Internet Explorer for XP SP2 Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, SP2 or 7 (See Required Detail 3) Internet Explorer 8
JMS Provider		IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0.2 or 7.0 (See Required Detail 6) IBM WebSphere MQ 6.0 or 7.0 for z/OS (See Required Detail 6) WebSphere MQ product site
Security		IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.0 or 6.1

For information regarding the supported WebSphere Application Server programming model, see the specifications and API documentation topic in the Version 7.0 Information Center.

Required details:

¹ IBM provides the plug-in binaries for the selected Web server on the Linux x86 operating system.

² Support is provided for the HTTP server functionality of this server only.

³ Browsers enable viewing of the administrative console, Samples Gallery, and launchpad. Local and remote administration is supported. The Samples Gallery also supports local or remote use. The launchpad is limited to local use. Not all browsers are supported on all systems. There is neither restriction nor certification of Web browsers on clients that connect to the server to display content.

⁴ The selected Web server does not run on Linux x86. However, IBM provides the plug-in binaries for the operating system on which the Web server can run.

⁵ Supported for application design, development and testing; no support for production use.

⁶ Information about using WebSphere MQ as the JMS Provider for WebSphere Application Server Version 7

⁷ WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Technotes for SLES 11

⁸ When using an Oracle 10g Database with Websphere Application Server Version 7.0, the Oracle 11g JDBC Driver is required.

⁹ Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver version 1.2 was tested with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database. Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver version 2.0 was tested with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database.

¹⁰ Information about Asianux Server 3 with SP2.

¹¹ http://www.micosoft.com/sqlserver

¹² Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver version 3.0 was tested with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database.

¹³ WebSphere Application Server V7.0 Technotes for RHEL 6


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Change History
Last Updated: 21 July 2011

• 21 July 2011: Added hotfix for Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver, version 3.0, and version 1.2 or 2
• 28 February 2011: Add RHEL 6 support
• 14 January 2011: Added DB2 for z/OS support for V10
• 29 June 2010: Added Oracle 11.2.0.1 to SQL and JDBC
• 23 April 2010: Corrected broken links and clarified LDAP information
• 29 March 2010: Added Asianux Server 3 with SP2
• 14 February 2010: Removed OpenLDAP
• 23 November 2009: Added 2.0 to Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver and Required Detail
• 16 November 2009: Added MicroSoft SQL Server 2008
• 17 August 2009: Added Oracle 10g to databases
• 27 July 2009: Added SLES 11 support.
• 7 June 2009: Added IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2 support