1 Introduction

This chapter provides an overview on how to use Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect (OracleAS Integration InterConnect) Adapter for Advanced Queuing (AQ adapter). It contains the following topics:

• Advanced Queuing Adapter Overview

• Advanced Queuing Adapter System Requirements

1.1 Advanced Queuing Adapter Overview

The AQ adapter enables an Oracle Advanced Queuing application to be integrated with other applications that use OracleAS Integration InterConnect. The AQ adapter is useful in all Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) scenarios involving Oracle Database Advanced Queuing applications. EAI is the integration of applications and business processes within the same company.

The purpose of this guide is to explain all the necessary design time and runtime concepts of the AQ adapter.

1.2 Advanced Queuing Adapter System Requirements

The following sections describe the AQ adapter system requirements:

• Hardware Requirements

• Software Requirements

1.2.1 Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists the hardware requirements for the computer where the AQ adapter will be installed.

Table 1-1 Hardware Requirements

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

1.2.2 Software Requirements

The following sections describe the AQ adapter software requirements:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

• Database Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-2 lists the operating system requirements for the computer where the AQ adapter will be installed.

Table 1-2 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
HP Tru64	HP Tru64 UNIX (Alpha) 5.1b
HP-UX	HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.11, 11.23
IBM AIX	AIX (POWER) version 5.2
Linux (x86)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0 SuSE SLES8, SLES9
Sun SPARC Solaris	Sun SPARC Solaris 2.8 and 2.9
Microsoft Windows	Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000( SP3 or higher)

JRE Requirements

OracleAS Integration InterConnect uses Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4, which is installed with its components.

Database Requirements

The AQ adapter requires Oracle Database 8i and later versions.

Note: The AQ adapter can be installed on a remote computer. The Oracle Advanced Queuing Application does not need to be installed on the spoke computer.