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WebSphere eXtreme Scale Version 7.1.1 Detailed System Requirements

Detailed System Requirements


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The following list identifies the supported software options by operating system for IBM® WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Version 7.1.1.

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WebSphere eXtreme Scale Version 7.1.1

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Operating Systems
Operating System Attributes Notes
AIX Platform listing of supported OS
AIX 5.3 TL7 POWER System and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System

Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for AIX
AIX 6.1 TL4 POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System

Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for AIX
AIX 7.1 POWER System and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System

Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for AIX

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Software requirements
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Java Technology IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 5, Version 6, and Version 7 All Applicable AIX OS Version 6 SR9 FP2 included with stand-alone installations
IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 6 Service Release 7 and later service releases only All Applicable AIX OS Required for web console

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Optional Supported Software
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.1 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable AIX OS
WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.39 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable AIX OS
WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable AIX OS
Virtualization IBM PowerVM Workload Partitions Manager for AIX 1.2 and later All Applicable AIX OS
WPAR: Product installed in System Workload Partition AIX 6.1 and later All Applicable AIX OS
Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and later All Applicable AIX OS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and later All Applicable AIX OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later All Applicable AIX OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later All Applicable AIX OS
Monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring requires IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1, or higher All Applicable AIX OS
WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for Hyperic HQ requires Hyperic HQ V4.0, or higher All Applicable AIX OS

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Operating Systems
Operating System Attributes Notes
HP Platform listing of supported OS
HP-UX 11i v2 IA64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: IA64
  • Patch Bundle dated Dec 2007 (64-bit kernel support)
  • Web console is not supported on HP-UX
HP-UX 11i v2 PA-RISC and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: PA-RISC
  • with Patch Bundle dated Dec 2007
  • Web console is not supported on HP-UX
HP-UX 11i v3 IA64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: IA64
  • Patch Bundle dated Sep 2007 (64-bit kernel support)
  • Web console is not supported on HP-UX
HP-UX 11i v3 PA-RISC and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: PA-RISC
  • with Patch Bundle dated Sep 2007
  • Web console is not supported on HP-UX

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Software requirements
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Java Technology IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 5, Version 6, and Version 7 All Applicable HP OS Version 6 SR9 FP2 included with stand-alone installations

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Optional Supported Software
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.1 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable HP OS
WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.39 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable HP OS
WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable HP OS
Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and later All Applicable HP OS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and later All Applicable HP OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later All Applicable HP OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later All Applicable HP OS
Monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring requires IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1, or higher All Applicable HP OS
WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for Hyperic HQ requires Hyperic HQ V4.0, or higher All Applicable HP OS

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Operating Systems
Operating System Attributes Notes
Linux Platform listing of supported OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Desktop x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Desktop x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 6 AS/ES POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 6 AS/ES System z and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 6 AS/ES x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 6 AS/ES x86-64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 6 WS x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32
  • Supported for application design, development and testing; no support for production use.
  • Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 Update 6 WS x86-64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64
  • Supported for application design, development and testing; no support for production use.
  • Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 1 Advanced Platform POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 1 Advanced Platform System z and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 1 Advanced Platform x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 1 Advanced Platform x86-64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 System z and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Server 6 x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit,64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10.0 x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP1 POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP1 System z and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP1 x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP1 x86-64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 System z and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP4 POWER System and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: POWER System		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP4 System z and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP4 x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP4 x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #1

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Software requirements
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Java Technology IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 5, Version 6, and Version 7 All Applicable Linux OS Version 6 SR9 FP2 included with stand-alone installations
IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 6 Service Release 7 and later service releases only All Applicable Linux OS Required for web console

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Optional Supported Software
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.1 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Linux OS
WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.39 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Linux OS
WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Linux OS
Virtualization IBM PR/SM any version and future mod levels and fix packs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 System z
KVM in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and future mod levels and fix packs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 POWER System,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 System z,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-64
Red Hat KVM as delivered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 and future mod levels and fix packs Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-32,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-64
Red Hat KVM as delivered with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 All Applicable Linux OS
VMware ESX 3.5 and future mod levels and fix packs Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-32,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-64,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10.0 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-64,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 POWER System,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-64
VMware ESXi 3.5 and future mod levels and fix packs Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-32,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-64,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10.0 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-64,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 POWER System,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-64
VMware ESXi 4.0 and future mod levels and fix packs Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-32,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Desktop editions x86-64,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 10.0 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11.0 x86-64,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 POWER System,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-32,
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 x86-64
z/VM 5.4 and future mod levels and fix packs (overview) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 System z
Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and later All Applicable Linux OS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and later All Applicable Linux OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later All Applicable Linux OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later All Applicable Linux OS
Monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring requires IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1, or higher All Applicable Linux OS
WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for Hyperic HQ requires Hyperic HQ V4.0, or higher All Applicable Linux OS

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Operating Systems
Operating System Attributes Notes
Solaris Platform listing of supported OS
Solaris 10 SPARC and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: SPARC
  • with Patch Cluster dated 1/07/08 or later (32 and 64-bit kernel support).
  • Web console is not supported on Solaris
Solaris 10 x86-64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64
  • with Patch Cluster dated 1/07/08 or later (64-bit kernel support)
  • Web console is not supported on Solaris
Solaris 9 SPARC and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: SPARC
  • with Patch Cluster dated 1/03/08 or later (32 and 64-bit kernel support).
  • Web console is not supported on Solaris

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Software requirements
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Java Technology IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 5, Version 6, and Version 7 All Applicable Solaris OS Version 6 SR9 FP2 included with stand-alone installations

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Optional Supported Software
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.1 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Solaris OS
WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.39 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Solaris OS
WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Solaris OS
Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and later All Applicable Solaris OS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and later All Applicable Solaris OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later All Applicable Solaris OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later All Applicable Solaris OS
Monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring requires IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1, or higher All Applicable Solaris OS
WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for Hyperic HQ requires Hyperic HQ V4.0, or higher All Applicable Solaris OS

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Operating Systems
Operating System Attributes Notes
Windows Platform listing of supported OS
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition IA64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: IA64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Datacenter Edition x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Datacenter Edition x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition x86-32 and future OS fix packs 32-bit
Hardware platform: x86-32		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard Edition x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition IA64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: IA64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition IA64 and future OS fix packs 64-bit
Hardware platform: IA64		 See Note #2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition x86-64 and future OS fix packs 32-bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: x86-64		 See Note #2

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Software requirements
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Java Technology IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 5, Version 6, and Version 7 All Applicable Windows OS Version 6 SR9 FP2 included with stand-alone installations
IBM Runtime Environment, Java Technology Edition Version 6 Service Release 7 and later service releases only All Applicable Windows OS Required for web console

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Optional Supported Software
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.1 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Windows OS
WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.39 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Windows OS
WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable Windows OS
Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and later All Applicable Windows OS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and later All Applicable Windows OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later All Applicable Windows OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later All Applicable Windows OS
Monitoring WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring requires IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1, or higher All Applicable Windows OS
WebSphere eXtreme Scale agent for Hyperic HQ requires Hyperic HQ V4.0, or higher All Applicable Windows OS

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Operating Systems
Operating System Attributes Notes
z/OS Platform listing of supported OS
z/OS.e 1.7 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3
z/OS.e 1.8 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3
z/OS 1.10 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3
z/OS 1.11 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3
z/OS 1.7 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3
z/OS 1.8 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3
z/OS 1.9 System z and future OS fix packs 31 Bit, 64-bit
Hardware platform: System z		 See Note #3

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Optional Supported Software
Group Product Applicable OS Notes
Application Servers WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.1 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable z/OS OS
WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.39 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable z/OS OS
WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.19 and later (overview) (support) All Applicable z/OS OS
Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and later All Applicable z/OS OS
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 and later All Applicable z/OS OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and later All Applicable z/OS OS
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later All Applicable z/OS OS

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Notes

  • Note #1:

    Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for Linux.

  • Note #2:

    Web console support is 32-bit JVM only for Windows.

  • Note #3:
    • WebSphere eXtreme Scale for z/OS V7.1.1 only supports the WebSphere eXtreme Scale client run-time installations in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V6.1, V7.0, and V8.0.0.1 run-time environments.
    • Web console is not supported on z/OS.

Original Publication Date

18 November 2011

Related Information

Version 7.1.1 Information Center

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Modified date:
17 June 2018

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