Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Release Notes

Requirements for Communications Express

This section describes the requirements and recommendations for Sun Java System Communications Express in the following sections:

Important Patch Information for Communications Express

For the most current list of required patches for Sun Java System Communications Express go to http://sunsolve.sun.com and select either “Patches” or “Patch Portal”. As operating system patch requirements change and patches to components become available, updates will be made available on SunSolve, initially in the form of recommended patch clusters.

At the time of general release of the Sun Java Communications Suite 5, the following Communications Express 6.3 upgrade patches are available:

Platform 

Patch Number (English) 

Patch Number (Localized Languages) 

Solaris, SPARC 

122793–12 

118042–19 

x86 

122794–12 

118042–19 

Linux 

122795–12 

118044–19 

Communications Express Operating System Requirements

The following operating systems are supported:


Note –

Communications Express is no longer supported on HP-UX or Windows platforms.


Java Enterprise System Components

The following Java Enterprise System components are required for this release of Communications Express:

Communications Express Hardware Requirements

The memory requirements for Communications Express are the same as those of the web container on which Communications Express is deployed.

For information about the Web container’s hardware requirements, see the current release notes for this Java Enterprise System component.

Communications Express Browser Requirements

Communications Express 6.3 requires a JavaScript-enabled browser. The following browsers are supported:

Table 6–2 Supported Browser Versions for Communications Express 6.3

Browser 

Windows XP 

Windows 2000 

Solaris 

Linux 

MacOS 

NetscapeTM Communicator

7.2 

7.2 

7.2 

7.2 

NA 

Microsoft Internet Explorer 

7.0 

6.0 SP1 or later 

NA 

N/A 

NA 

MozillaTM

1.7 

1.74 

1.74 

N/A 

NA 

Safari 

NA 

NA 

NA 

NA 

2.0.3 

Firefox 

2.0 

1.0.7 

1.0.7 

1.0.7 

NA