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Sun GlassFish Communications Server 1.5 Release Notes

Hardware and Software Requirements

This section lists the requirements that must be met before installing Sun GlassFish Communications Server.

Supported Platforms

All supported operating systems are 32-bit unless indicated otherwise. The 64-bit JDK is supported only on 64-bit supported operating systems.

The following table lists the operating systems with which the Sun GlassFish Communications Server is compatible.

Table 2–1 Supported Operating Systems

Operating System 

Minimum Memory 

Recommended Memory 

Minimum Disk Space 

Recommended Disk Space 

JVM 

Deployment Type 

Sun Solaris 10 (x86)(32–bit and 64–bit) 

512 MB 

512 MB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 - 32 bit 

Java SE 6 - 32 bit 

Production 

Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC)(32–bit and 64–bit) 

512 MB 

512 MB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 - 32 bit 

Java SE 6 - 32 bit 

Production 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 1, 4.0, and 5.x (32-bit and 64-bit) 

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 - 32 bit 

Java SE 6 - 32 bit 

Production 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1(32–bit and 64–bit) 

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 - 32 bit 

Java SE 6 - 32 bit 

Production 

Windows XP 

Windows Vista 

Windows 2008 

1 GB 

2 GB 

500 MB free 

1 GB free 

J2SE 5.0 - 32 bit 

Java SE 6 - 32 bit 

Development 

Macintosh OS 10.4, 10.5  

512 MB 

1 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

J2SE 5.0 - 32 bit 

Java SE 6 - 32 bit 

Development 

On UNIXTM, you can check your operating system version using the uname command. Disk space can be checked using the df command.

Note –

It is recommended that you use the NTFS file system rather than FAT or FAT32 when running the Communications Server on any Windows platform.

Important Patch Information

Solaris Patch Requirements

It is recommended that Solaris 10 (x86, SPARC) users have the “Sun recommended patch cluster” installed. This patch cluster is available under “Recommended and Security Patches” on the SunSolve Web site.

JDK Version

The minimum (and certified) version of JDK required for Communications Server is 1.6.0_7.

ProcedureTo Switch to the Supported Java SE Version

You can switch to a supported Java SE version by editing the asenv file as described here.

  1. If you have not already done so, install the new Java SE version on your system.

    The Java SE SDK can be downloaded from http://java.sun.com/javase

  2. Stop the Communications Server domains.

  3. Edit the as-install/config/asenv.conf file (asenv.bat on Windows), changing the value for AS_JAVA to point to the new Java home directory:

  4. Edit the as-install/samples/common.properties file, changing the line beginning com.sun.aas.javaRoot... to reference the new Java home directory.

  5. Restart Communications Server.

Ant Version

The Ant version bundled with SailFin JAR installation is 1.6.5. To build a custom Application Router application, you need Ant 1.7, which you will need to download separately.

JDBC Drivers and Databases

Table 2–2 lists databases and drivers that meet the Java EE compatibility requirements. All supported configurations of the Sun GlassFish Communications Server must contain at least one database/driver combination from this table, such as the bundled Java DB database and driver. In addition, the Communications Server is designed to support JDBC connectivity to any additional DBMS with a corresponding JDBC driver.

Table 2–2 Java EE-Compatible JDBC Drivers

JDBC Driver Vendor 

JDBC Driver Type 

Supported Database Server 

Derby Network Client 

Type 4 

Derby 10.2 

DataDirect 3.6.x, 3.7.x

Type 4 

Oracle 10g 

Oracle 9i 

Sybase ASE 15 

MS SQL 2005 

DB2 9.1 

DB2 8.2 

MySQL Connector/J Driver 5.1.6 

Type 4 

MySQL 5.0 

Oracle 10G 

Type 4 

Oracle 10g 

-RAC 

PostGres 

Type 4 

8.2.x

Table 2–3 lists all the additional databases and drivers scheduled to be supported in the Communications Server FCS release.

Table 2–3 Supported JDBC Drivers and Databases (Communications Server FCS)

JDBC Driver Vendor 

JDBC Driver Type 

Supported Database Server 

Oracle OCI 

Type 2 

Oracle 9i 

IBM DB2 

Type 2 

DB2 9.1 

In general, the Communications Server supports all JDBC drivers that meet the Java EE specification.

Message Queue Versions

For file-based installations, Message Queue 4.3 is co-packaged with Communications Server. For UNIX package-based installations, Message Queue 4.1.1, which is functionally equivalent to 4.3, is provided. Despite the version numbering, Message Queue 4.1.1 is actually backward-compatible with Message Queue 4.2.

The embedded Sun GlassFish Message Queue code that is supplied as part of Communications Server is only tested and certified (typically) against the equivalent version of the Message Queue broker. This means that using the supplied embedded Message Queue code to connect to a remote (not managed by Communications Server) Message Queue broker running a different version of the Message Queue code is not supported.

Browsers

This section lists the browsers that are supported with the Sun GlassFish Communications Server 1.5.

Table 2–4 Supported Web Browsers

Browser 

Version 

Mozilla 

1.7.12 

Internet Explorer 

6.0 Service Pack 2, 7.0 

Firefox 

1.5.x, 2.x

Safari 

2 

Netscape 

8.0.4, 8.1, 9.0, 9.0.x

Other Requirements

The following additional requirements should be met before installing the Sun GlassFish Communications Server software.