This section describes the requirements and recommendations for Sun Java System Communications Express in the following sections:
For the most current list of required patches for Sun Java System Communications Express go to http://sunsolve.sun.com and select either “Patches” or “Patch Portal”. As operating system patch requirements change and patches to components become available, updates will be made available on SunSolve, initially in the form of recommended patch clusters.
At the time of general release of the Sun Java Communications Suite 5, the following Communications Express 6.3 upgrade patches are available:
Platform |
Patch Number (English) |
Patch Number (Localized Languages) |
---|---|---|
Solaris, SPARC |
122793–12 |
118042–19 |
x86 |
122794–12 |
118042–19 |
Linux |
122795–12 |
118044–19 |
The following operating systems are supported:
Solaris 10 Operating System (SPARCTM and x86 Platform Editions)
Solaris 9 Operating System Update 2 (SPARC and x86 Platform Editions)
Linux Red Hat 4.0 Advance Server
Communications Express is no longer supported on HP-UX or Windows platforms.
The following Java Enterprise System components are required for this release of Communications Express:
Directory Server - Install Sun Java TM System Directory Server 6 .
Calendar Server - Install Sun Java System Calendar Server 6.3 .
Web Server - Install Sun Java System Web Server version 7 if you use Web Server as the web container
Messaging Server - Install Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 .
Application Server - Install Sun Jàva TM System Application Server 8 if you use Application Server as the web container
The memory requirements for Communications Express are the same as those of the web container on which Communications Express is deployed.
For information about the Web container’s hardware requirements, see the current release notes for this Java Enterprise System component.
Communications Express 6.3 requires a JavaScript-enabled browser. The following browsers are supported:
Table 6–2 Supported Browser Versions for Communications Express 6.3
Browser |
Windows XP |
Windows 2000 |
Solaris |
Linux |
MacOS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NetscapeTM Communicator |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
NA |
Microsoft Internet Explorer |
7.0 |
6.0 SP1 or later |
NA |
N/A |
NA |
MozillaTM |
1.7 |
1.74 |
1.74 |
N/A |
NA |
Safari |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
2.0.3 |
Firefox |
2.0 |
1.0.7 |
1.0.7 |
1.0.7 |
NA |