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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 Installation and Configuration Worksheet for AquaLogic Pathways document: Installation_Configuration_Worksheets_AL_Pathways_v1-5.pdf
  3. Determine the values you have assigned for this deployment, and record these values in the Installation and Configuration Worksheet for AquaLogic Pathways 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
  • 1.0 GB RAM per instance of the Pathways application
  • 1.5 GB RAM per instance of the Security and Directory Service
  • 0.5 GB RAM per instance of the Search Service
  • 1.0 GB RAM for the Rank Engine
Operating System
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1 or R2, SP2, on x86 (32-bit )
  • Solaris 9, 10, on SPARC
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6
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
  • (Windows only) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (32 and 64-bit)
  • Oracle 9.2.0.7 and above
  • Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.x)

Note: If you are upgrading Oracle from 10.1.x to 10.2.x or SQL Server from 2000 to 2005, you should perform this upgrade before upgrading Pathways.
Browser
  • Administrative Users: Internet Explorer 6.x, 7.0; Firefox 2.0
  • Browsing Users: Internet Explorer 6.x, 7.0; Netscape 7.2, 8.x; Firefox 2.0; Safari 3.0 (Mac only)
AquaLogic Interaction
  • BEA AquaLogic Interaction 6.5
Analytics
  • BEA AquaLogic Interaction Analytics 2.5
Collaboration
  • BEA AquaLogic Interaction Collaboration 4.5
Publisher
  • BEA AquaLogic Interaction Publisher 6.4

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