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System requirements

The following minimum operating system and hardware requirements must be met on the server to support the basic installation and use of IBM® WebSphere® Extended Deployment, Version 6.1. For complete system requirements for all versions, click on "Detailed system requirements" in the right column.

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Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
AIXFor 32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: AIX 5L 5.2, or 5.3

For 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: AIX 5L 5.2, or 5.3		For 32 or 64 bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Any system from the IBM POWER™ family of processors.
HP-UXFor 32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: HP-UX 11iv2

For 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: HP-UX 11iv2		For 32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: PA-RISC processor.

For 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Intel® Itanium 2 processor.
LinuxLinux for x86 (32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Red Flag DC, Version 5.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES/AS Version 3.0, WS Version 3.0; Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES/AS Version 4.0, WS Version 4.0; SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 and 10.

Linux for AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T (64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES/AS, Version 3.0 and 4.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Version 4.0; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 and 10.

Linux for System z (31-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Version 3.0 and 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 and 10.

Linux for System z (64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 and 10.

Linux on POWER™ (32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 3.0 and 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Version 9 and 10.

Linux on POWER (64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Version 9 and 10.		Linux for x86 (32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Intel® Pentium® processor at 500MHz or faster, Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron.

Linux for AMD Opteron and Intel® EM64T (64 bit kernel support only).

Linux on IBM System z (31 and 64 bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): System z processors.

Linux on Power: System i (32-bit and 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment) - iSeries models that support LPAR with minimum of 450 CPW in Linux partition;

Linux on Power: IBM System p™ (pSeries®), IBM OpenPower™or IBM BladeCenter® (32-bit and 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment).
SolarisFor 32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Sun Solaris operating environment, Version 9 and 10.

For 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Sun Solaris operating environment, Version 10.		For 32-bit and 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Sun Solaris operating environment compatible SPARC workstation at 440MHz, or faster.
WindowsFor 32-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Microsoft® Windows 2000® Server, Windows 2000® Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional; Windows Server 2003 Datacenter, Enterprise or, Standard; Windows XP Professional.

For 64-bit WebSphere Extended Deployment: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions.		For Windows (32 bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): Intel® Pentium® processor at 500MHz or faster, Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron.

For Windows (64 bit WebSphere Extended Deployment): AMD Opteron or Intel EM64T.
z/OS, z/OS.ez/OS and z/OS.e Version 1.6 or laterAny hardware that supports z/OS and z/OS.e V1.6, or later.