1 Installation Prerequisites

Before you run the Oracle WebCenter Ensemble installer, complete the following steps:

1. Download the most up-to-date Oracle WebCenter Ensemble documentation from the Oracle Technology Network at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13158_01/ensemble/docs103/index.html.

2. Read the release notes for additional information on compatibility issues, known problems, and workarounds that might affect how you proceed with your deployment. Release notes are located at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13158_01/ensemble/docs103/index.html.

3. Plan your deployment. For installation in a production environment, determining the number of machines and how to distribute the components of Oracle WebCenter Ensemble across the machines can be complicated.

4. Provision host machines and configure software dependencies for your deployment. For details on hardware and software requirements, see Hardware and Software Requirements.

Hardware and Software Requirements

The following table summarizes the hardware and software requirements for Oracle WebCenter Ensemble.

Note: For the most current platform support information, refer to the Interoperability Matrix in the Product Center at support.plumtree.com.

Caution: IPv6 is not supported. You should verify that IPv6 is not enabled prior to installing Oracle WebCenter Ensemble.

Caution: Underscores (_) in hostnames are not allowed according to Internet standards, and will break the Ensemble Console. For details, see RFC 952.

Table 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements

Component	Requirement
Oracle WebCenter Ensemble Host Machine	Software Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter, on x86 Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.2 Solaris 9 and 10 on SPARC Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, Update 3, on x86 or ES 5.2, on x86 SuSE Enterprise Linux SLES 9 or 10, on x86 Recommended Minimum Hardware - Development Install 2GHz CPU 2GB RAM Recommended Minimum Hardware - Production Deployment 2GHz CPU per node 1.5GB RAM per instance of the Security and Directory Service 1.5GB RAM per instance of the Ensemble Proxy 0.5GB RAM per instance of the Login Server 0.5GB RAM per instance of the Ensemble Administrative UI
Database Server Host Machine	Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2 Oracle 9g (9.2.0.7), Oracle 10g (10.1.0.3^) and 10g R2 (10.2.0.1^) in default or Oracle RAC configuration, Oracle 11g (11.1.0.6^) in default or Oracle RAC configuration
Analytics Compatibility	Oracle WebCenter Analytics 10.3
Pathways Compatibility	AquaLogic Pathways 1.5
Portal Compatibility	AquaLogic Interaction 6.1, 6.1 MP1, and 6.1 MP1 Patch 1, 6.5, 6.5 MP1 Oracle WebCenter Interaction 10.3
Ensemble Administration Client Browser	Firefox 2.0^, 3.0 Internet Explorer 6.x, 7.0 Safari 2.0 and above