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System Requirements for IBM Rational Method Composer

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Abstract

This technote summarizes which Operating Systems, Databases, Web Browsers, Web Servers and Hosted Development Environments are supported with IBM Rational Method Composer on Microsoft Windows and Linux. It also includes additional software requirements for published web site access and import/export from RMC for both IBM and third party tools.

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GLOSSARY:

Hardware: The Hardware upon which ClearQuest is supported.

Operating System: The operating system which ClearQuest is supported.

Revision: Operating System Patch or Service Release or selected Version on which ClearQuest is supported



For newly released operating system versions: Upon release of a new version of a currently supported operating system, IBM Rational will evaluate adding ClearQuest support for the new version after 90 days. Support will be extended to the latest supported release of ClearQuest; older ClearQuest releases will be evaluated on a case by case basis.



For newly released operating system updates: When a new update to a supported operating system is released, IBM Rational will consider adding ClearQuest support for this update after 90 days. Support for operating system updates will generally be extended to all ClearQuest supported releases that support the underlying operating system.

These statements represent IBM Rational’s intended strategy for adding platform support. IBM Rational reserves the right to amend, make adjustments to, or otherwise change these plans at any time.

For any operating system version not currently listed in the tables, please refer to the IBM Rational Software RFE Community where you can search for existing support requests or submit a new request.

Microsoft Windows
Version
Operating System Platform
Hardware Requirement
Supported Web Browsers
7.0Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP 1

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended)

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum
(Higher is recommended)

Pointing Device:

Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 400 MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
800 MB

Display resolution:

Windows.1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.0.1Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2

Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP 1

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 650MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1300 MB

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.1Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2

Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP 1

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP 1

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 650MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1500 MB

Display resolution:

Windows.1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.1.1Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2

Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP 1

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP 1

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 900MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

Display resolution:

Windows.1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.2

7.2.0.1

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2

Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP 1

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with SP 2

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP 1

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP 2

Windows Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 750MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

Display resolution:

Windows.1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

SUN Java 2 Platform version 1.4.2; 1.5 (Java 5); 1.6 (Java 6) Standard Editions

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.5Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

Windows 2003 Enterprise Service Pack 1

Windows 2003 Enterprise Service Pack 2

Windows 2003 Standard Service Pack 1

Windows 2003 Standard Service Pack 2


Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Additional 1GB required for BIRT reporting

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 1200MB

"All Languages” install requires 5200 MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

"All Languages” install requires 7100 MB

Display resolution:

Windows 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 or later

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

7.5.0.1

7.5.0.1 iFix1
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3

Windows 2003 Enterprise Service Pack 1

Windows 2003 Enterprise Service Pack 2

Windows 2003 Standard Service Pack 1

Windows 2003 Standard Service Pack 2


Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Server 2008

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Additional 1GB required for BIRT reporting

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 1200MB

"All Languages” install requires 5200 MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

"All Languages” install requires 7100 MB

Display resolution:

Windows 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 or later

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

* Note that you will require additional disk space
  • if you install from an electronic image download
  • to store the resources that you develop
  • if your file system is using FAT32 instead of NTFS
    Disk space requirements can be reduced if optional features and run-time environments are not installed.

Note: Refer to the installation instructions for installations on Microsoft Windows Vista operating system



Linux
Version
Operating System Platform
Hardware Requirement
Supported Web Browsers
7.0.1Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with SP3

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended)

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage:

Installation:
650MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1300 MB

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.1Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with SP3

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended)

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage:

Installation:
650MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1500 MB

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.1.1Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS (Update 4)

Red Hat Desktop 4 (Update 4)

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with SP3

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage:

Installation: 900MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

SUN Java 2 Platform version 1.4.2, Standard Edition (J2SE)

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6

Mozilla 1.7.12

7.2

7.2.0.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS (Update 4)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS (Update 5)

Red Hat Desktop 4 (Update 5)

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 with SP3

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Disk Storage:

Installation: 750MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

SUN Java 2 Platform Version 1.4.2; 1.5 (Java 5); 1.6 (Java 6) Standard Editions

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 or later

Mozilla 1.7.12 or later

7.5

7.5.0.1

7.5.0.1 iFix1

Enterprise Linux 4 WS (Update 4)

Enterprise Linux 4 WS
(Update 5)

Red Hat Linux Desktop 4
(Update 4)

Red Hat Linux Desktop 4 (Update 5)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 Server Edition (Update 1)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9.0 with SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 SP2

CPU:

Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum
(Higher is recommended).

RAM:

768 MB RAM minimum (Higher is recommended)

Additional 1GB required for BIRT reporting

Disk Storage*:

Installation: 1200MB

"All Languages” install requires 5200 MB

TEMP Disk Storage:
1800 MB

"All Languages” install requires 7100 MB

Display resolution:

Windows.1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 Colors (Higher resolution using High Color or True Color recommended)

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 or later

Mozilla Firefox 3.0

Note that you will require additional disk space
  • if you install from an electronic image download
  • to store the resources that you develop
    Disk space requirements can be reduced if optional features and run-time environments are not installed.





Other Platform Software Requirements



Readme File Locations

Fixes available in major releases and fixpacks can be found in the readme file located in the installation directory path for your RMC install. The following are the default paths:

7.0.1 C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\SDP\Rational Method Composer 7.0.1\readme
7.1 C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\SDP\Rational Method Composer 7.1\readme
7.1.1 C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\SDP\Rational Method Composer 7.1.1\readme
7.2.x C:\Program Files\IBM\RMC72\rmc\readme
7.5.x: C:\Program Files\IBM\RMC75\rmc\readme

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Product Synonym

Rational Method Composer

Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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