System requirements
System requirements for IBM Spectrum® Archive Single Drive Edition.
The following operating systems and hardware platforms are supported:
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Linux computers
- Supported operating systems
- Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 (x86_64, and ppc64le)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, or 8.5 (x86_64, and ppc64le)
Note: Check the lifecycle schedule of RHEL 7.x on the Red Hat support portal, and ensure that your OS release is supported if it is a minor release prior to 7.9. - Supported hardware
- x86_64, or ppc64 (POWER8® or later, in Little Endian mode) processor.
- 1 GB of available RAM for each 1 million files that are stored on a tape.
- Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) or Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) supported by IBM® LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO 7, and LTO 8 tape drives.
- Fibre Channel HBA supported by IBM TS1140, TS1150, TS1155, and TS1160 tape drives.
- USB 3.0 interface that is supported by IBM USB LTO 5 and LTO 6 tape drives.
Apple Mac computers
- Supported operating system
- OS X 10.11
El Capitan
(64-bit) - macOS 10.12
Sierra
(64-bit) - macOS 10.13
High Sierra
(64-bit) - macOS 10.14
Mojave
(64-bit) - macOS 10.15
Catalina
(64-bit) - macOS 11 "Big Sur"
- macOS 12 "Monterey"
- OS X 10.11
- Supported hardware
- Mac Pro (Intel).
- x86_64 processor.
- 1 GB of available RAM for each 1 million files that are stored on a tape.
- SAS HBA provided by ATTO Technology, Inc.
- Fibre Channel HBA.
- Any Mac that has a USB 3.0 interface that is supported by IBM USB LTO 5 and LTO 6 tape drives.
Windows
- Supported operating systems
- Windows 10 (Anniversary update or later)
- Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
- Supported hardware
- x86_64 processor.
- The Secure Boot option of the PC must be disabled.
- 1 GB of available RAM for each 1 million files that are stored on a tape.
- SAS or Fibre Channel HBA supported by IBM LTO Ultrium 5, LTO 6, LTO 7, and LTO 8 tape drives.
- Fibre Channel HBA supported by IBM TS1140, TS1150, TS1155, and TS1160 tape drives.
- USB 3.0 interface that is supported by IBM USB LTO 5 and LTO 6 tape drives.
Note: IBM is going to end the support of Windows version at the end of April, 2023.
It is recommended to prepare for the transition to other platform.
Note: Write-once, read-many (WORM) media are not supported.