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System Requirements for Rational Application Developer version 7.0.0.x

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Abstract

This document serves to supplement the Installation and Upgrade Guide by summarizing the system requirements for IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software version 7.0.0.x.

Content



Hardware
Linux
Microsoft Windows
Hosted Development Environments
Supported Web Browsers
Supported Application Servers
Supported Database Servers
Supported JREs



See Change History for updates.

GLOSSARY:

Hardware: The Hardware on which the product is supported.

Operating System: The operating system on which the product is supported.

Revision: Operating System Patch or Service Release or selected Version with which the product is supported.

RFE: Request for Enhancement. A change request focused on support for the platform or operating system.

VRMF: VRMF is the product release numbering format that is being implemented throughout the IBM and the Rational product lines. Review education document 7008656 for a explanation of the VRMF - Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) terminology used by Rational products.




Minimum Hardware Requirements


Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Component
Minimum Requirement
Processor
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or higher recommended
Display
1024 x 768
Memory
1GB RAM minimum; 2GB RAM recommended

Disk space

3.5GB minimum for installing Rational Application Developer and additional disk space for development resources (minimum disk space can be reduced if optional features and run times are not installed).


Linux

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Hardware
Operating System
Comments
Desktop
x86-32
Red Hat Desktop 5

Red Hat Desktop 4

Server
x86-32
x86-64
Red Hat Enterprise Server 4
See note below
SUSE Enterprise Server 9
See note below

Note: Review technote 1263677 for important details about support for 64-bit operating systems.

Microsoft Windows

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Hardware
Operating System
Comments

x86-32

x86-64
Windows Vista - Business, Enterprise and Ultimate Edition
See note below
Windows Server 2003 - Enterprise and Standard Edition
32 bit only
Windows XP Professional
See note below

SP3 supported as of 7.0.0.7
Windows 2000 - Server, Advanced Server, Professional
32 bit only

Note: Review technote 1263677 for important details about support for 64-bit operating systems.

Hosted Development Environments

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Product
Version
Comments
Citrix
Presentation Server 4



Web Browsers

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Web Browser
Version
Comments
Firefox
2
Requires version 7.0.0.3 or later
1.5.x

1.07

Mozilla
1.7

1.6

Internet Explorer
8
Requires version 7.0.0.9 or later
7
Requires version 7.0.0.2 or later
6 SP1



Supported Application Servers

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Product
Version
Comments
WebSphere Application Server
5.1.x

WebSphere Application Server 6.0.x
6.0.x

Web 2.0 FEP

WebSphere Application Server 6.1.x
6.1

Web 2.0 FEP

WS FEP

EJB 3.0 FEP

WebSphere Portal Server
5.1

6



Supported Databases

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Database
Version
Comments
CloudScape
5.1

DB2 UDB
7.2

8.1

8.2

9.1

DB2 UDB iSeries
5R2

5R3

5R4

DB2 UDB zSeries
7

V8
Compatibility Mode
V8
New-Function Mode
Derby
10.0

10.1

Generic JDBC
1.0

Informix
9.2

9.3

9.4

10.0

MySQL
4.0

4.1

Oracle
8

9

10

SQL Server
2000

2005

Sybase
12.x

15


JREs

Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software v7.0.0.x
Product
Version
Comments
IBM JRE
5.0

SUN JRE
5.0
Important: If you install the product into an existing Eclipse instance that does not use the IBM Runtime Environment for Java 5 (JRE), then you cannot use the following product features:
  • WebSphere Application Server development tools
  • WebSphere Portal Server development tools
  • Java EE Connector (J2C/JCA) development tools


Change History
Change History
19 October 2009Added IE 8 support
07 January 2008Added Minimum Hardware Requirements
14 November 2008Made correction to browser section (removed IE 5.5)
11 November 2008Initial release

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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