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System requirements

Below is the list of software and hardware required for IBM® WebSphere® Message 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 V6.1

Detailed system requirements for V6

Detailed system requirements for V5

Detailed system requirements for all versions


 
Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIXBROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM AIX® Version 5.3 (plus technology level 4).

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for AIX
BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: 64-bit IBM pSeries® systems only, capable of running the required level of a compatible operating system with enough storage to meet the requirements of WebSphere Message Broker.

Any hardware capable of running other trademarked AIX systems from IBM or other vendors that have passed a set of certification tests for compliance with the AIX application binary and programming interfaces.
HP-UXHP-UX PA-RISC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i V2 (B.11.23) (plus the recommended HP-UX 11.23 patches required for Java 5.0 (Java 1.5))

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for HP-UX - PA-RISC

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HP-UX Itanium platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: HP-UX 11i V2 (11.23) for Integrity (plus the recommended HP-UX 11.23 patches required for Java 5.0 (Java 1.5)) HP-UX 11i V3 (11.31) for Integrity

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for HP-UX - Integrity
HP-UX PA-RISC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard HP-9000 with PA-RISC 2.0 Processor machines

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HP-UX UX IA64 platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Hewlett-Packard Itanium System on any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software shown below, and any associated applications unmodified
Linux on IntelBROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux Intel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit and 64-bit); Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (32-bit and 64-bit); or SLES 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) V5.0 or later

TOOLKIT: Red Hat Enterprise Linux V4.0 (plus Update 2 or later) (32-bit); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (32-bit); requires Mozilla Version 1.4.2 or later (32-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) V5.0 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on Intel x86 platform

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on Intel x86-64 bit platform
BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER:

32-bit: IBM eServer xSeries® or equivalent Intel® based system from various manufacturers.

64-bit: AMD64, EMT64T, and compatible processors - any hardware that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the specified operating system, all the corresponding supporting software, and any associated applications unmodified.

TOOLKIT:

IBM eServer xSeries or equivalent Intel based system (minimum requirement: Intel Pentium III, 700MHz or higher, 512MB RAM); a minimum display resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended.
Linux on POWERBROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux PowerPC Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (plus Update 2 or later);Linux Intel RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.0 or later; Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 (RC5 or above, with kernel 2.6.5-7.244 or above); Linux PowerPC SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 or later

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on POWER
BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: 64-bit iSeries and pSeries IBM® POWER processor-based systems only, capable of running the required level of a compatible operating system with enough storage to meet the requirements of WebSphere Message Broker.
Linux on zSeriesBROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Linux zSeries Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (plus Update 2) or later Linux zSeries Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.0 or later Linux zSeries SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 Linux zSeries SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 (all 64bit only)

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Linux on zSeries
BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Any server capable of running one of the listed IBM z/Linux releases.
SolarisSolaris x86-64 platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level)

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Solaris x86-64 platform

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Solaris 9 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level), which should at least include patches 111711-16 (32-bit) and 111712-16 (64-bit); or Sun Solaris 10 (plus SunSolve recommended Patch Cluster level);

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Solaris SPARC platform
Solaris x86-64 platform

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems AMD64 and EM64T processor machines and compatible

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Solaris SPARC platform:

BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Sun Microsystems SPARC processor machines
Windows 2003, Windows XP ProfessionalBROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with SP2; Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise editions

TOOLKIT: Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2; Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for Windows
BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM eServer xSeries (or equivalent Intel based system); IBM eServer iSeries Server (using the IBM Integrated xSeries Server)

TOOLKIT: Windows x86 technology-compatible PC hardware, capable of running the required level of a compatible operating system with enough storage to meet the requirements of the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit
z/OSBROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: IBM z/OS® V1R7 (5694-A01) at RSU0609 or later (for target system), with PTF for APARs PK34716 and PK34041.

IBM SMP/E for z/OS V3R3 or later.

Detailed system requirements for V6.1 for z/OS
BROKER, USER NAME SERVER and CONFIGURATION MANAGER: Any server capable of running one of the listed IBM z/OS releases