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WebSphere Event Broker


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System requirements

Below is the list of software and hardware required for IBM® WebSphere® Event Broker and its components. Where patches for a product are specified, this means that these patches were required to resolve problems found during testing and should therefore be considered as the minimum necessary maintenance level. Further maintenance should be applied in accordance with the guidance of the relevant software manufacturer.

 
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Detailed system requirements for V6

Detailed system requirements for V5

Detailed system requirements for all versions


 
Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIXBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM AIX® Version 5.2 (plus maintenance level 3) or IBM AIX Version 5.3 (maintenance level 2)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for AIX
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer pSeries®, IBM RS/6000® processor machines or IBM eServer i5 (for AIX)
HP-UXBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) plus December 2003 QPK

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for HP-UX
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 processor machines
Linux on IntelBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux Intel (32-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (plus Update 2); Linux Intel (32-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (plus Update 2) - supported on version 6.0.0.1 or later; Linux Intel (32-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9

TOOLKIT: Red Hat Enterprise Advanced Server V3.0 (plus Update 2), or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9; requires Mozilla Version 1.4.2 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Linux on Intel
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based system from various manufacturers

TOOLKIT:IBM eServer xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700 MHz or higher, 512 MB RAM); a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended
Linux on POWERBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux PowerPC Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (plus Update 2); Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Linux on POWER
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer pSeries of RS/6000 processor machines; IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server or Linux PowerPC)
Linux on zSeriesBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux zSeries (31-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (plus Update 2); Linux zSeries (64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (plus Update 2) - supported on version 6.0.0.1 or later; Linux zSeries (31-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9; Linux zSeries (64-bit) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 - supported on version 6.0.0.1 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Linux on zSeries
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer zSeries® 600 or 700 Server (for Linux z/OS)
SolarisSolaris x86-64 platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Solaris x86-64 platform

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Solaris 8 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level) and Solaris Patch ID 111308 required; or Sun Solaris 9 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level); Sun Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Solaris SPARC platform
Solaris x86-64 platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems AMD64 and EM64T (Opteron) processors (for Solaris x86-64)

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines
Windows 2003, Windows XP ProfessionalBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Microsoft Windows XP Professional; Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise editions

TOOLKIT: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, or Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for Windows
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer xSeries (or equivalent Intel based system), IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server)

TOOLKIT: IBM eServer xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700 MHz or higher, 512 MB RAM); a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended.
z/OSBROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM z/OS V1R5 (5694-A01), with PTF for APAR OA11699, at RSU0507 or later (for the target system); IBM SMP/E for z/OS V3R1 or later (SMP/E PTF for APAR IR48947 is required for the driving system)

Detailed system requirements for V6.0 for z/OS
BROKER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Any server capable of running one of the listed IBM z/OS releases