Hardware and software requirements

Browse an overview of hardware and operating system requirements. Although you are not required to use a specific level of hardware or operating system for WebSphere® eXtreme Scale, formally supported hardware and software options are available on the Systems Requirements page of the product support site. If a conflict exists between the information center and the System Requirements page, the information at the website takes precedence. Prerequisite information in the information center is provided as a convenience only.

See the System Requirements page for the official set of hardware and software requirements.

You can install and deploy the product in Java™ EE and Java SE environments. You can also bundle the client component with Java EE applications directly without integrating with WebSphere Application Server.

Hardware requirements

WebSphere eXtreme Scale does not require a specific level of hardware. The hardware requirements are dependent on the supported hardware for the Java Platform, Standard Edition installation that you use to run WebSphere eXtreme Scale. If you are using eXtreme Scale with WebSphere Application Server or another Java Platform, Enterprise Edition implementation, the hardware requirements of these platforms are sufficient for WebSphere eXtreme Scale.

Operating system requirements

[Version 8.6 and later][.net programming language only]For details about the requirements for a .NET client environment, see Microsoft .NET considerations.

[Java programming language only] Each Java SE and Java EE implementation requires different operating system levels or fixes for problems that are discovered during the testing of the Java implementation. The levels required by these implementations are sufficient for eXtreme Scale.

Installation Manager requirements

Before you can install WebSphere eXtreme Scale, you must install Installation Manager . You can install Installation Manager using the product media, using a file obtained from the Passport Advantage® site, or using a file containing the most current version of Installation Manager from the IBM® Installation Manager download website. See IBM Installation Manager and WebSphere eXtreme Scale product offerings for more information.

Web browser requirements

The web console supports the following Web browsers:
  • Mozilla Firefox, version 3.5.x and later
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 7 and later

WebSphere Application Server requirements

Use WebSphere eXtreme Scale with the following WebSphere Application Server versions:

  • WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.0.2.1 or later
  • WebSphere Application Server Version 8.0.0.2 or later
  • WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.2 or later

Java requirements

[Version 8.6 and later]Other Java EE implementations can use the eXtreme Scale run time as a local instance or as a client to eXtreme Scale servers. To implement Java SE, you must use Version 7 or later.

Other requirements

The server and client must be on the same version of WebSphere eXtreme Scale.