Domino 8.5 - Detailed system requirements

32-bit Domino Server

• Microsoft Windows
• Linux
• Sun Solaris
• IBM AIX
  

Microsoft Windows

    Supported versions

Note: The latest service pack is supported

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Server Standard Edition 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Server Enterprise Edition 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition 64-bit (SP2 or later required)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Server Standard Edition 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64-bit (SP2 or later required)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Server Enterprise Edition 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 64-bit

    Processors

• Intel Pentium or higher and compatibles (32-bit  and 64-bit chips as appropriate), or equivalents

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per CPU

    Disk space

• 1.5 GB minimum per partition

    Disk swap space

• 2 times the physical RAM installed

    Monitors

• Color monitor required

    Protocols

• NetBIOS over IP (32-bit processor only, only Microsoft IP is supported)
• NetBIOS over IPX (32-bit processor only)
• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

Linux

    Supported versions

• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and future OS fixpacks x86 (32-bit)
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and future OS fixpacks x86_64 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.0 and future OS fixpacks (32-bit)
  Note: XGL and SELinux must be disabled
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.0 and future OS fixpacks (64-bit)
  Note: XGL and SELinux must be disabled
  
  Service pack point releases will be supported. See also "Domino 8.5 - required Linux packages and updates"

    Processors

• Intel Pentium or higher and compatibles (32-bit  and 64-bit chips as appropriate), or equivalents

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per CPU

    Disk space

• 1.5 GB minimum
• 1.5 GB or more recommended

    Disk swap space

• 2 times the physical RAM installed recommended

    Monitors

• Any standard display (local or remote)

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

Sun Solaris

    Supported versions

• Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit kernel), March 2006 patch cluster or higher
  
  Note: The 64-bit kernel must be installed and in use, even though the OS will only deliver 32-bit for the Domino 32-bit server. The use of the 32-bit kernel is no longer supported. For more information see "FAQ: 64-bit version of Domino".  Please see the OS vendor documentation for questions on enabling/using the 64-bit kernel.  On Solaris, the 64-bit kernel is used by default on supported hardware.
• Sun Solaris Zones (SPARC)

    Processors

• UltraSPARC III and higher

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per CPU

    Disk space

• 1.5 GB minimum
• 1.5 GB or more recommended

    Disk swap space

• 3 times the physical RAM recommended

    Monitors

• Any standard display (local or remote)

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

IBM AIX

    Supported versions

• IBM AIX 5.3 (64-bit kernel), minimum patch level of TL7, 0815 (5300-07-04-0815)
  
• IBM AIX 6.1 (64-bit kernel), Service Pack 4, APAR IZ10223, APAR IZ09961, APAR IZ10284, APAR IZ08022
  
  Note: The 64-bit kernel must be installed and in use, even though the OS will only deliver 32-bit for the Domino 32-bit server. The use of the 32-bit kernel is no longer supported. For more information see "FAQ: 64-bit version of Domino".  Please see the OS vendor documentation for questions on enabling/using the 64-bit kernel.

    Processors

• Power 4 and higher

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per CPU

    Disk space

• 1.5 GB minimum
• 1.5 GB or more recommended

    Disk swap space

• Same amount as physical RAM required; 2 times physical RAM recommended

    Monitors

• Any standard display (local or remote)

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

64-bit Domino Server

• Microsoft Windows
  
• IBM AIX
• Linux on System z
  

Microsoft Windows

    Supported versions

Note: The latest service pack is supported

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition 64-bit (SP2 or later required)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Server Standard Edition 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64-bit (SP2 or later required)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Server Enterprise Edition 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 64-bit

    Processors

• Intel EMT64 or higher and compatibles, or equivalents

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per CPU

    Disk space

• 1.5 GB minimum per partition

    Disk swap space

• 2 times the physical RAM installed

    Monitors

• Color monitor required

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

IBM AIX

    Supported versions

• 64-bit IBM AIX 5.3, TL7 0815 (5300-07-04-0815)
• 64-bit IBM AIX 6.1, Service Pack 4, APAR IZ10223, APAR IZ09961, APAR IZ10284, APAR IZ08022

    Processors

• Power 4 and higher

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per CPU

    Disk space

• 1.5 GB minimum
• 1.5 GB or more recommended

    Disk swap space

• Same amount as physical RAM required; 2 times physical RAM recommended

    Monitors

• Any standard display (local or remote)

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

Linux on System z

    Supported versions

• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 and future OS fixpacks on System z (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and future OS fixpacks on System z (64-bit)
  Note: XGL and SELinux must be disabled
  
  See also "Domino 8.5 - required Linux packages and updates"

    Processors

• Any that supports your release level of Linux on System z

    RAM

• 1 GB minimum
• 2 GB or more recommended

    Disk space

• 2.5 GB minimum
• 2.5 GB or more recommended

    Monitors

• Any standard display (local or remote)

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)

128-bit Domino Server

IBM i

    Supported versions

• IBM i 5.4
• IBM i 6.1
  
  Note: The IBM i operating system only runs on 64-bit hardware, and has been enabled for 64-bit for a long time.  It is a virtual machine architecture which supports both 128-bit and 64-bit pointers.  All software products that run on IBM i (i5/OS) have 64-bit addressing capabilities.  This includes Lotus Domino and all related software products, like Lotus Sametime, Lotus Quickr, Lotus Enterprise Integrator, etc.
  
  See also "Domino 8.5 for i - Software requirements"

    Processors

• IBM iSeries model 270 or 8xx servers, eServer i5 model 520 and above, System i 9405-520 Express models and 9406-520 Value models with accelerator processor feature, System i 9407-515, 9406-520, 9406-525 and above, IBM Power™ 520 Express and above.  For more details on specific models, see "System i Performance Capabilities Reference" at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/books/sc410607.pdf.
  
  See also "Domino 8.5 for i - Hardware requirements"

    RAM

• 512 MB minimum
• 512 MB or more recommended per Domino server

    Disk space

• 2 GB minimum
• 4 or more drives recommended

    Monitors

• Any standard display (local or remote)

    Protocols

• TCP/IP (includes IPv6)