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Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the Oracle Application Server InterConnect Adapter for AQ (Advanced Queuing adapter) and how the adapter works with Oracle Application Server InterConnect.

Advanced Queuing Adapter Overview

The Oracle Application Server InterConnect Advanced Queuing adapter enables an Oracle Advanced Queuing application to be integrated with other applications using Oracle Application Server InterConnect (OracleAS InterConnect). This adapter is useful in all enterprise application integration scenarios involving Oracle Database Advanced Queuing applications. The purpose of this guide is to explain all the necessary design time and runtime concepts of the Advanced Queuing adapter.

Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists the hardware requirements for the computer on which the Oracle Advanced Queuing adapter is installed.

Table 1-1 Hardware Requirements

Hardware	Windows 2000	UNIX
Memory	128 MB	128 MB
Disk Space	500 MB	500 MB

Software Requirements

The following are software requirements for the Advanced Queuing adapter:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-2 lists operating system requirements for the computer on which the Advanced Queuing adapter is installed.

Table 1-2 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
Windows 2000	service pack 1 or above
Windows NT 4.0	service pack 6 or above
IBM AIX 5L	5.1 and 5.2 (64 bit)
HP Tru64	5.1a and 5.1b (64 bit)
HP-UX	11.0 and 11.11 (64 bit)
Red Hat Linux	Advanced Server 2.1
Sun SPARC Solaris	8 and 9 (32 bit)

JRE Requirements

Oracle Application Server InterConnect uses JRE 1.4.1 which is installed with its components.

Database Requirements

The Oracle Database 8i and later versions support the Advanced Queuing adapter feature. The Oracle Advanced Queuing Application does not need to be installed on the spoke machine. The Advanced Queuing adapter can be installed on a remote machine.