8.1 Supported Configurations: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, Datacenter on Itanium

Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter on Itanium with 8.1 SP4

Provides full support for WebLogic Server and run-time support for WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal. See below for Design and Development Tools support.

This section provides the following information:

Related Information

For information about supported database configurations, Web servers, and browsers, plus support for interoperability tools and WebLogic Platform product support information, see WebLogic Platform 8.1 Supported Configurations.
For details about Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Windows Server 2003 Datacenter, see the Microsoft Web site at http://www.microsoft.com.

Configuration Requirements

Table 3-1 Requirements for 8.1 SP4 on Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter on Itanium

Operating System Version and Patches	Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter and all later service packs
Chip Architecture and Minimum Processor Speed	Itanium (900 MHz)
SDK	WebLogic JRockit 1.4.2_05 SDK	WebLogic Platform 8.1 SP4 supports WebLogic JRockit 1.4.2_05 SDK and all later 1.4.2 releases of JRockit
Design and Development Tools	Supports WebLogic Server development tools
RAM	512 MB required; 1 GB recommended
Performance Pack	Included
Node Manager	Included	Native
BEA jDrivers for Oracle	For this Oracle client version:	The following shared libraries are provided:
BEA jDrivers for Oracle	Oracle 9.2.0.5 and later patch sets	`server/bin/win64/oci920_8/weblogicoci39.dll` `server/bin/win64/oci920_8/weblogicoxa39.dll`

Known Issues

SmartUpdate cannot be used—The SmartUpdate tool cannot be used to upgrade your WebLogic Platform software from a pre-SP4 version to SP4 on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise on Itanium configuration. If you want to upgrade your existing WebLogic Platform 8.1 software to SP4, use the upgrade installer, instead.

For more information about known issues with any components of this release, see the appropriate Release Notes document. For a complete list of Release Notes supporting WebLogic Platform 8.1, see:

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/interm/relnotes.html