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Installation Prerequisites

Complete the following basic steps to prepare your network and host computers for deployment:

  1. Read the product release notes for information on compatibility issues, known problems, and workarounds that might affect how you proceed with your deployment. Release notes are located at the top-level directory of the product package.
  2. Print the configuration worksheets provided in the Pathways Installation and Configuration Worksheets document: Installation_Configuration_Worksheets_AL_Pathways_v1-0.pdf
  3. Determine the values you have assigned for this deployment, and record these values in the Pathways Installation and Configuration Worksheets document.
  4. Provision host computers for your deployment and install prerequisite software. For details, see Hardware and Software Requirements.

 

Hardware and Software Requirements

The following table summarizes the hardware, operating system, and software requirements for Pathways.

Caution: IPv6 is not supported. You should verify that IPv6 is not enabled prior to installing Pathways.
Note: For an up-to-date list of supported versions, refer to the Interoperability page in the Support Center.
Table 2-1 Hardware and Software Requirements
Component
Requirements
Pathways Host Computer
Recommended Minimum Hardware (Development Installation)
  • 2GHz CPU
  • 2GB RAM
Recommended Minimum Hardware (Production Deployment)
  • 2GHz CPU or better
  • 1.0GB RAM per instance of the Pathways application
  • 1.5GB RAM per instance of the Security and Directory Service
  • 0.5 GB RAM per instance of the Search Service
  • 1.0GB RAM for the Rank Engine
Operating System
  • Windows 2003 Server SP1 or R2, on x86
  • Solaris 9 and 10 on SPARC
Solaris 9 requires these patches:
  • 111711-15 (32-bit Shared library patch for C++)
  • 111712-15 (64-Bit Shared library patch for C++)
Database Server Host Computer
Hardware
  • Dual 2.0 GHz or higher, with 2 MB L2 cache
  • 2 GB memory or higher
  • Mirrored SCSI drives (either 15K or 10K RPM)
Software
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4; Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • Oracle 9.2.0.4 and above (in default or Oracle RAC configuration)
  • Oracle 10.1.0.3 and above and 10g R2 (in default or Oracle RAC configuration)
Browser
  • Administrative Users: Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0; Firefox 2.0
  • Browsing Users: Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0; Netscape 7.2, 8.0; Firefox 1.5, 2.0; Safari 2.0 (Mac only)
AquaLogic Interaction
  • BEA AquaLogic Interaction 6.1 MP1
Analytics
  • AquaLogic Analytics 2.1

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