3 Services Gatekeeper System Requirements

This chapter summarizes the system requirements for Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper.

Software Requirements

Table 3-1 shows the Services Gatekeeper supported software. All values in the table apply to both the Access Tier and Network Tier.

Table 3-1 Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper Supported Platform Matrix

OS Version OS 32/64 Bit Processor JDK Version JDK 32/64 Bit

Oracle Linux 4 (UL7+)

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Oracle Linux 5 (UL3+)

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Oracle Linux 6

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Solaris 2.9 Update 9+

64

SPARC

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

32 or 64

Solaris 10 Update 4+

64

SPARC

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

32 or 64

Solaris 11

64

SPARC

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Red Hat EL 4 (UL7+)

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Red Hat EL 5 (UL3+)

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Red Hat EL 6 (UL3+)

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Windows 7Foot 1 

64

x64

JDK 1.7, plus the latest security updates

64

Footnote 1 Windows is only supported for use with development environments and is not recommended for production deployment.

Supported Databases

Table 3-2 shows the databases that Services Gatekeeper supports.

Table 3-2 Supported Databases

Database Characteristic

Oracle 12c RAC

Full DB Failover and Fault Tolerance

Oracle 12c Single Instance

No Failover and Fault Tolerance

Oracle Database Express Edition 12c

No Failover and Fault Tolerance

Oracle 11g RAC

Full DB Failover and Fault Tolerance

Oracle 11g Single Instance

No Failover and Fault Tolerance

Oracle Database Express Edition 11g

No Failover and Fault Tolerance

MySQL Single Instance 5.6.14

No Failover or Fault Tolerance

MySQL Cluster 7.2.13

Full DB Failover and Fault Tolerance

Supported Virtualization Software

Services Gatekeeper is deployable and certified on Solaris Zones virtualized environment. For information about Solaris virtualization, see the Solaris overview on the Oracle Technology Network website:

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/virtualization-066073.html

Services Gatekeeper is also deployable and certified on Oracle VM. For information about Oracle virtualization, see the Oracle VM VirtualBox overview on the Oracle Technology Network website:

http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/oraclevm/061976.html

Supported Protocols

Services Gatekeeper supports the following protocols:

  • Parlay X

    Services Gatekeeper supports Parlay X Version 2.1 and Parlay X Version 3.0. For details, see the descriptions of the individual communications service in Services Gatekeeper Communication Service Reference Guide.

  • SNMP

    Services Gatekeeper supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2.

  • IPv6

    Services Gatekeeper is fully IPv6-compliant. It provides simultaneous IPv4/IPv6 support.

About Critical Patch Updates

Install all Oracle Critical Patch Updates as soon as possible. To download Critical Patch updates, find out about security alerts, and enable email notifications about Critical Patch Updates, see the "Security" topic on the Oracle Technology Network website:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/whatsnew/index.html

Hardware Requirements

Services Gatekeeper requires the following hardware:

  • For the Services Gatekeeper software:

    • RAM: 1 GB required; 2 GB recommended

    • Disk space: 2 x 36 GB

  • For the database:

    • RAM: 2 GB required; 6 GB recommended

    • Disk space: 2 x 36 GB

There must be at least 1.5 GB of disk space available under /usr/local.

Information Requirements

Table 3-3 shows the information you must provide during the Services Gatekeeper installation.

Table 3-3 Required Information

Information Type Description Default Value

Host name or IP address

The network names or IP addresses of the machines on which you are going to install the software.

Current host name or IP address

Directory

The directory on each machine that will serve as your Middleware_home directory.

NA

Directory

The directories on each machine in which to install Services Gatekeeper and WebLogic Server software. By default, these are subdirectories of Middleware_home.

NA

Directory

If you are going to install Services Gatekeeper Platform Development Studio, the Eclipse plug-in directory.

NA

Password

A password for the administrative user. The password must have a minimum of eight characters, at least one of which is non-alphabetic.

NA